Later this month, hundreds of community pharmacists will head to Washington, D.C., to advocate for independent pharmacy and their patients at the National Community Pharmacists Association’s 2016 Congressional Pharmacy Summit.
CVS Health reported strong sales gains and topped Wall Street’s consensus earnings forecast for the 2016 first quarter. CVS said Tuesday that for the three months ended March 31, overall revenue climbed 18.9% to $43.2 billion from $36.3 billion a year earlier.
CVS Health has expanded health services at its Longs Drugs and MinuteClinic locations in Hawaii for people with hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other liver diseases.
ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores hailed the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ inclusion of network adequacy standards in the Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care final rule.
To date, CVS Health has donated more than 500 drug collection units to law enforcement partners — accounting for the safe disposal of over 35 metric tons of unwanted medication — through its Medication Disposal for Safer Communities Program.
Jennifer Hagerman has been promoted to vice president of education and quality at Diplomat Pharmacy Inc.
Retail store sales edged up for the fiscal 2016 fourth quarter and full year at Jean Coutu Group, but the company saw net earnings decline year over year for both periods. Jean Coutu said Wednesday that for the fourth quarter ended Feb. 27, revenue for its franchise store network grew 0.6% to
Walgreens has made the opioid overdose antidote naloxone available without a prescription at all of its pharmacies in Alabama. The drug chain said naloxone is now more accessible in over 110 Walgreens pharmacies throughout Alabama.
MinuteClinic’s locations in the Chicago area now include Target stores. CVS Health said Monday that MinuteClinics have opened inside 13 Target stores in Cook, DuPage, Kane and Lake counties in Illinois. Chicago represents MinuteClinic’s largest metropolitan market in the United States.
Walgreens has deployed 50 safe medication disposal kiosks in drug stores across California.
Next week, London Drugs plans to begin offering oral cancer screening clinics at 15 stores in metropolitan Vancouver, B.C. London Drugs said Thursday that the clinics will be offered between April 25 and May 18.
David Neu, executive vice president of retail strategy at AmerisourceBergen Corp. and president of its Good Neighbor Pharmacy network, plans to retire this summer.
A round of store closings announced by struggling Sears Holdings Corp. will include 68 Kmart locations. Sears Holdings said late Thursday that it plans to shut 78 stores in 27 states, including 10 Sears stores. All of the Sears stores and virtually all of the Kmart stores will close in late
Walmart has repositioned its board of directors as the company pushes ahead with its strategic plans. Walmart said late Wednesday that going forward its board will have 12 members, down from the current 15.
CVS Health has opened its first CVS Pharmacy locations inside Target stores in Utah. CVS said Thursday that the 13 new pharmacies are at Target stores in the Ogden–Clearfield, Provo–Orem, Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah, metropolitan areas. They join 11 CVS Pharmacy drug stores in the state.
Pfizer Canada has partnered with Canadian drug chain Rexall on its OneStopMeds medication synchronization program.
