Rite Aid Corp. has completed an offering of $500 million in senior secured notes initiated earlier this month as part of a series of debt refinancing transactions. The company said Friday that it had tendered about $419.2 million of the $500 million cash tender offer of 7.5% senior secured notes due
Walgreens and Duane Reade stores have begun offering men’s skin care products from Alliance Boots’ popular No7 skin care brand. Walgreen Co.
Ohio Drug Card has named CVS/pharmacy as the preferred pharmacy for its free statewide prescription assistance card.
Fully implementing and funding expanded health care services approved last fall for Ontario pharmacists would significantly improve health outcomes, especially for seniors and patients with chronic diseases, according to Michael Holden, chief executive officer of the National Pharmacy Association in
Target Corp. pharmacies in western Canada plan to give away first aid kits to help consumers be safer for the summer. The discount store chain said Thursday that from June 30 to July 15, Target pharmacists in its western Canada stores will offer free, Target-branded first aid kits and be on hand
CVS Caremark’s Pharmacy Advisor program is cited in a new IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics report about improving the use of medications. CVS said Thursday that the IMS report, "Avoidable Costs in U.S.
Walgreen Co. has kicked off a contest to encourage application developers to incorporate photo product functionality into an app.
H.D. Smith has completed its purchase of a majority interest in Triplefin, a Cincinnati-based provider of reimbursement, patient assistance and pharmaceutical brand-support services.
Rite Aid Corp. kept up its earnings momentum by reporting its third straight quarterly profit for its fiscal 2014 first quarter. Rite Aid said Thursday that net income came in at $89.7 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, for the 13-week quarter ended June 1, compared with a net loss
Walgreen Co. plans to build more than 200 new solar installations at its drug stores in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
Rite Aid Corp. has introduced wellness65+, an extension of its wellness+ customer loyalty program designed for seniors.
Medication nonadherence and less-than-optimal medication practices by prescribers are racking up over $200 billion in avoidable costs in the U.S. health care system, according to a study from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
Rite Aid Corp. has more than doubled a debt offering initiated this week. The company said late Tuesday it’s now offering $810 million of 6.75% unsecured senior notes due in 2021, $410 million more than a senior notes offering announced Monday. Rite Aid said it aims to use the proceeds plus
Rite Aid Corp. has announced plans to offer $400 million in unsecured senior notes due 2021. The drug chain said Monday that the proceeds of the debt offering, along with cash and/or borrowings via its revolving credit facility, would be used to redeem a corresponding amount of its outstanding 9.
In a landmark decision for the pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Trade Commission can sue drug makers over potential anticompetitive effects of "pay for delay" patent settlements.
Walgreen Co. has donated 35,000 seasonal flu vaccine doses to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help at-risk populations in Laos and Nicaragua.
