Pfizer Inc. aims to help consumers feel more confident about buying Viagra online with the launch of a new purchasing website powered by CVS/pharmacy. Pfizer’s new Viagra home delivery service, accessed through Viagra.com, features a "Powered by CVS/pharmacy" logo.
Rite Aid Corp. will provide free, full-body skin cancer screenings as the presenting sponsor of The Skin Cancer Foundation’s annual Road to Healthy Skin Tour.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores applauded the Senate’s passage of legislation that would applying similar sales tax laws to online retailers and brick-and-mortar stores. NACDS said Tuesday that the Senate approval of the Marketplace Fairness Act (S.
Walgreen Co. saw comparable-store sales gain slightly in April, as improved pharmacy business and calendar day shifts helped offset the effect of introductions of generic drugs. Walgreens said Friday that same-store sales for April edged up 1.2%, reflecting a positive impact of 2.
CVS Caremark Corp. and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores are among the members of a new national partnership formed to improve medication adherence rates.
An earlier Easter holiday and introductions of lower-priced generic drugs contributed to a same-store sales decrease in April at Rite Aid Corp. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the four weeks ended April 27, comparable-store sales fell 4% year over year, down from a 2% decline in March.
Despite a sales uptick in its franchise store network, Jean Coutu Group turned in a mixed revenue performance and declined earnings for its 2013 fourth quarter and fiscal year.
The influx of new generic drugs hoisted earnings above Wall Street’s forecast but tempered sales growth in the first quarter at CVS Caremark Corp. CVS said Wednesay that for the three months ended March 31, income from continuing operations attributable to CVS Caremark surged 23.
Walgreen Co. plans to open its latest flagship store tomorrow on School and Washington streets in Boston. The drug chain said Tuesday that the multilevel flagship store, set to open at 10 a.m. on May 1, will house a broad collection of products and services not typically found in a traditional drug
CVS Caremark Corp. was among several national companies represented at an event hosted today by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden as part of the Joining Forces initiative.
Robert Edwards is set to become chief executive officer of Safeway Inc. next month with the retirement of longtime CEO Steve Burd. The food and pharmacy retailer said late Monday that Edwards, now Safeway’s president, will take the CEO reins on May 14, when Burd is slated to retire from the chief
Driven by illicit online sellers, the global distribution of counterfeit drugs and substandard medications demands a global response, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) said in a new report.
John Standley, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Rite Aid Corp., has been elected to the board of Supervalu Inc.
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) has released an action plan to help standardize prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to better track and deter abuse of prescriptions for controlled substances.
A Health Mart pharmacy owner this week gave his take on pharmaceutical supply chain safety in a congressional hearing. On behalf of the National Community Pharmacists Association, Tim Davis, owner of Beaver Health Mart Pharmacy in Beaver, Pa., testified Thursday at a U.S.
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