Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. has opened the latest iteration of its beautyBOUTIQUE store-within-store concept in Toronto. CEO Domenic Pilla introduces the new beautyBOUTIQUE iat the chain’s Toronto Eaton Centre store.
Walgreen Co.’s Healthcare Clinics has affiliated with Orlando Health, a central Florida health care group, to provide coordinated care and expanded health services.
Giant Food Stores has opened its fourth in-store health clinic, in Levittown, Pa. Services at the Levittown Giant store’s clinic are provided by Aria Health professionals.
RxAlly, an alliance of more than 22,000 independent and regional pharmacies and Walgreen Co., has closed. The company, launched in February 2012, ceased operations on Friday, according to a statement on its website.
With the back-to-school season in full swing, the nation’s largest drug chains have gotten their annual flu shot programs under way. Walgreen Co.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has reached a milestone in conveying the value of community pharmacy to lawmakers, with its NACDS RxImpact pharmacy tours crossing the 100 mark. Most recently, NACDS said, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) toured the Bi-Lo Pharmacy in Statesville, N.C.
Kinney Drugs Inc. has promoted chief operating officer Jim Spencer to president. Jim Spencer The regional drug chain said Friday that the move expands Spencer’s role at the company. He will now be responsible for the total customer experience and strategic growth of the chain’s retail drug stores.
Healthcare Clinic has begun a clinical affiliation with Community Health Network in central Indiana. The Walgreen Co.
CVS Caremark Corp. is barring controlled substance prescriptions from three dozen health care providers after an analysis identified them as prescribing unusually high numbers of high-risk drugs such as opioid painkillers.
Brad Fluegel, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Walgreen Co., has been named to the board of directors at Health Integrated Inc. The health care management company said Wednesday started serving as a Health Integrated director in July.
Rep. Paul Tonko (D., N.Y.) visited a Rite Aid drug store in Schenectady, N.Y., through the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ RxImpact pharmacy tour program.
CVS Caremark Corp. has opened a high-tech Mail Service Pharmacy and Customer Center in Mount Prospect, Ill. The company held a grand opening event Tuesday that was attended by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. plans to hold a special meeting on Sept. 12 for shareholders to vote on the company’s proposed acquisition by Loblaw Cos. Canada’s largest drug chain said late Tuesday that it has posted the management proxy circular for the vote on the $12.
Walgreen Co. is working with Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Department of Public Health to help parents of students in grades 6 to 12 meet a new Illinois state requirement for whooping cough vaccinations.
CVS Caremark Corp. is supporting a pilot program from health insurer Aetna that aims to help members with multiple prescriptions better manage their medications.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has announced the winners of the 2013 NACDS Total Store Expo Product Showcase.
