MinuteClinic aids in diabetes monitoring
This spring MinuteClinic is offering a free monitoring visit to diabetes patients to help them better control the disease.
Retail News
Cub Pharmacy to offer diabetes management program
Cub Pharmacy is joining UnitedHealth Group’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance (DPCA), giving Cub Foods pharmacy customers access to the alliance’s Diabetes Control Program for managing type 2 diabetes.
Pharmacists at Rite Aid provide Rx compliance counsel
Rite Aid Corp. pharmacists have begun offering personalized reports that show how well patients are doing in following their prescription medication regimens.
Walgreens: Retail gets nod over mail for 90-day Rx
A Walgreen Co. study comparing usage rates of patients filling 90-day prescriptions via community pharmacies and mail order found that when co-pay costs are similar, patients preferred the community pharmacy channel option by four to one.
Rite Aid comp-store sales climb for March
Solid results in the front end and the pharmacy lifted comparable-store sales at Rite Aid Corp. in March. Rite Aid said Thursday that same-store sales climbed 3.6% for the four weeks ended March 31. That bested the drug chain’s 3.1% comp-store sale gain in February and matched the 3.
NACDS expands state government affairs department
State health policy professional Leigh Knotts has joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores as a director of state government affairs.
Metro acquires prescription business from Zellers
Canadian food and drug retailer Metro Inc. is buying prescription files from seven Zellers pharmacies in Ontario. Metro said Tuesday that the acquisition, by its Metro Ontario Inc.
RxAlly adds to leadership team
Pharmacy alliance RxAlly has named John Miall as national practice leader for integrated care initiatives.
Walgreens spotlights immunization, disease prevention efforts
Walgreen Co. presented new data at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) event that highlights its efforts to expand access to immunizations and support disease prevention.
NACDS, NCPA press on with PBM merger opposition
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association expressed disappointment that the Federal Trade Commission cleared the way for Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc.
FTC approves Medco-Express Scripts merger
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to allow Express Scripts Inc. to complete its controversial acquisition of Medco Health Solutions, a $29 billion deal that will create the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), holding about a third of the market for prescription drug benefits.
Roberts to head CVS Caremark’s PBM business
CVS Caremark Corp. has unveiled a succession plan for the leadership of its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) business.
Take Care, Tufts open work-site health center
Take Care Health Systems and Tufts Health Plan have opened a workplace health center that offers preventive care, wellness services, symptom care and laboratory services to the health insurer’s employees and contractors.
CVS to participate in conference on aging
CVS Caremark plans to highlight its senior-focused initiatives at Aging in America, the 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging, being held this week in Washington, D.C.
NACDS, NCPA sue to block PBM merger
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Community Pharmacists Association and nine pharmacy operators have filed a lawsuit against the planned merger of pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc.
Rite Aid goes mobile with app launch
Rite Aid Corp. has unveiled an official mobile application, which offers customers using smartphones an array of pharmacy and shopper tools.