Next year, a new chief executive officer will be taking the helm at Kroger Co., the nation’s biggest supermarket company and one of its largest retail pharmacy operators. The food and drug retailer said Friday that longtime CEO David Dillon, 62, will retire on Jan. 1, 2014, and be succeeded by W.
Walgreen Co.’s WellTransitions hospital discharge services program has been endorsed by the American Hospital Association for fostering medication adherence.
Early next month, members of more than 30 pharmacy organizations worldwide will go on Twitter to participate in a "tweet-a-thon" to highlight the positive impact that pharmacists have on patients and the health care industry, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.
In Canada, pharmacy chains are a key partner of a national distributor that has launched an online resource to help diabetics make more informed decisions about insulin pump therapy and buying diabetes products. Insulinpumps.
MinuteClinic has formed a clinical affiliation with Baptist Health Care, the largest health care network in northwest Florida . The retail health clinic operator, part of CVS Caremark Corp., said Thursday that the clinical collaboration with Pensacola, Fla.
Rite Aid Corp. beat analysts’ earnings expectations for its fiscal 2014 second quarter, hoisting its stock price in morning trading. Rite Aid opened its 1,000th "wellness store" location during the second quarter. The drug chain said Thursday that net income for the 13-week second quarter ended Aug.
Duane Reade said it has become Twitter’s most followed retail chain in the drug, food and mass retail segment worldwide. The metropolitan New York drug chain, part of Walgreen Co.
A new survey indicates strong consumer support for Food and Drug Administration regulation of pharmacy compounding.
Walgreen Co. plans to transition more than 160,000 employees to company-sponsored health insurance offered through a private exchange.
Though drug chains are the busiest retail pharmacy operators, Publix Pharmacy is North America’s favorite in terms of customer satisfaction, according to a survey of more than 3,600 consumers by Market Force Information, a provider of customer intelligence solutions.
Bartell Drugs has begun its annual seasonal flu vaccination effort, offering flu vaccines at its stores and through an off-site flu clinic program serving area businesses and retirement communities.
The Jean Coutu Group is now providing free access to the wireless network in most of its drug stores in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) has approved Loblaw Cos.’ deal to acquire Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. Shoppers Drug Mart said Monday that completion of the $12.
Medical Pharmacies Group Ltd. (MPGL) plans to acquire Desjardins Healthcare Group, a leading wholesaler and retailer of specialty pharmacy services, medical supplies and equipment in Ontario. Terms of the agreement, announced Monday, weren’t disclosed.
This past weekend Walgreen Co. opened its first drug store in the U. S. Virgin Islands, on St. Thomas. Walgreens said that John deJongh, governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, helped cut the ribbon in a grand opening ceremony for the 18,000-square-foot store on Saturday.
CVS Caremark Corp. announced an information and outreach program to help customers better understand new health insurance benefits from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during a store visit in Orlando, Fla., by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
