Walgreens, Duane Reade offer Western Union kiosks
Walgreens and Duane Reade drug stores nationwide are providing international and domestic money transfer services through a new stage-and-pay kiosk model from Western Union.
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CVS Health extends kudos to its pharmacists
CVS Health is saying thanks to its 26,000 pharmacists during October’s American Pharmacists Month for their dedication to serving patients in the company’s retail pharmacies, mail service pharmacies and specialty pharmacies nationwide.
Express Scripts: Walgreens is preferred Part D pharmacy
Express Scripts announced that Walgreen Co. is participating as a preferred pharmacy provider in its two nationally available Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) for 2015.
Rite Aid enables video voting for favorite pharmacists
For American Pharmacists Month in October, Rite Aid Corp. has added video voting for its national Vote for Your Favorite Pharmacy Team Member Contest. Rite Aid said Wednesday that through Oct. 31, customers can upload a video nomination at RiteAid.
HDMA elects Scherr as new board chairman
Ted Scherr, president and chief executive officer of pharmaceutical and health care products wholesaler Dakota Drug Inc., has been elected as chairman of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA).
Walgreens meets 4Q, full-year earnings estimates
Adjusted earnings at Walgreen Co. were in line with Wall Street’s forecast for the fiscal 2014 fourth quarter and full year, with the drug chain seeing robust sales gains in both periods.
Council of Ontario College of Pharmacists elects president
The Council of the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) has elected Mark Scanlon as president and Esmail Merani as vice president for the 2014-15 council year. Mark Scanlon OCP said Monday that Scanlon and Merani will each will serve a one-year term from September 2014 through to September 2015.
Viewpoint: CVS changes retail health care game
In a year crammed with major news stories, cataclysmic personnel shifts and stunning new strategies and directions, the No. 1 retailing story of 2014 increasingly appears to be the CVS decision to stop selling tobacco products in its 7,700 drug stores.
Diplomat Pharmacy begins IPO, names CIO
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. has commenced an initial public offering and appointed a chief information officer.
Pharmacy groups ready for Tweet-a-Thon
This week, members of 37 pharmacy organizations from around the world are going on Twitter to participate in the second annual #Pharmacist Tweet-a-Thon.
Jean Coutu names ambassadors for cosmetics brand
Jean Coutu Group has named freestyle skiers the Dufour-Lapointe sisters — Maxime, Chloé and Justine — as the new ambassadors for its Personnelle Cosmetics private brand.
DC pharmacy health fair
Pharmacists Perform Health Screenings on Capitol Hill to Demonstrate Patient Care Services Share This Page Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print September 18, 2014 Event brings pharmacist-provided patient care services directly to some of our nation’s key decision makers.
CVS/pharmacy reiterates commitment to safe Rx disposal
CVS/pharmacy has renewed its Medication Disposal for Safer Communities donation program to help promote the proper disposal of medicines. CVS Safer Communities drug collection unit.
NACDS marks milestone for Hatch-Waxman Act
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores spotlighted the impact of generic drugs on the pharmacy industry and health care sector overall as the landmark Hatch-Waxman Act marks its 30th anniversary.
Study: Pharmacy customers are more satisfied
Customer satisfaction at pharmacies is up from a year ago, and for the second straight year Good Neighbor Pharmacy rated highest among chain drug stores, according to the J.D. Power 2014 U.S. Pharmacy Study. The top overall score among brick-and-mortar pharmacies in J.D.
Administration looks to iron out wrinkles in ACA
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains a work in progress, even with the next open-enrollment period for health insurance under the law just six weeks away.