McKesson Corp. plans to buy Germany-based pharmaceutical distributor Celesio in a complex deal valued at $8.3 billion. The agreement, announced Thursday after speculation by industry analysts in recent weeks, would unite the biggest U.S.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. and online shopping club Beyond the Rack have launched a co-branded website that provides members of the drug chain’s loyalty program with exclusive savings and rewards on fashions and accessories.
Michael Ellis, corporate vice president of specialty pharmacy and infusion services at Walgreen Co., has been named as the first president of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP). Michael Ellis NASP said Wednesday that Ellis will serve a one-year term through October 2014.
Canada’s Competition Bureau has entered into a consent agreement with Sobeys Inc. in which it will be able to proceed with its transaction to buy Canada Safeway Ltd. Safeway Inc. said Tuesday that the companies expect to close the $5.8 billion (Canadian) deal in early November 2013.
The British Columbia Pharmacy Association (BCPhA) has recommended to the provincial government a different approach for managing spending on immunizations.
Fairview Pharmacy Services plans to roll out a new mobile application and web portal that will provide enhanced prescription services for its retail customers. The pharmacy provider, which has 32 retail pharmacies in Minneapolis-St.
Walgreen Co.’s WellTransitions hospital discharge services program has been adopted by the accountable care organization (ACO) of health care management firm Baroma Inc.
Rexall Pharma Plus is spotlighting convenient access to flu vaccinations, which are now available on a walk-in basis at its stores across Canada.
The community pharmacist members of the National Community Pharmacists Association have elected a slate of leaders for the upcoming year, including a new president. Mark Riley, executive vice president of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association and owner of East End Pharmacy in Little Rock, Ark.
Biosimilar drugs, which could have provided cost relief to the nation’s health care system as early as this year, have been delayed, putting more pressure on patients and payers as the demand for specialty medications is projected to climb by double digits through the end of the decade, according to
Completing a succession plan unveiled last month, Kroger Co. has named Michael Ellis as president and chief operating officer. The food and drug retailer said Thursday that Ellis, currently senior vice president of Kroger’s retail divisions, will assume the new role on Jan.
Former secretary of defense and CIA director Leon Panetta will be the keynote speaker for the 2014 NACDS Annual Meeting. Leon Panetta The National Association of Chain Drug Stores said the meeting will be held April 26 to 29 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
CVS/pharmacy is putting a new twist on the weekly sales circular with the debut of a personalized, digital version called myWeekly Ad. CVS is promoting the new myWeekly Ad in a multichannel campaign called "What’s Your Deal?".
WellStar Health System and Walgreen Co.’s Healthcare Clinic have entered a clinical collaboration agreement in the northwestern Atlanta market.
MinuteClinic has opened its first walk-in medical clinics in Northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and coastal southeastern North Carolina.
Ritzman Pharmacies Inc. has acquired Mast Pharmacy, which has five stores in northeastern Ohio. Ritzman on Wednesday confirmed that it has purchased Mast.
