The Supreme Court has ruled that Novo Nordisk’s description of the patent for Prandin, its diabetes drug, is too broad. This decision enables generic drug manufacturer Caraco Pharmaceuticals to sue the innovator company in an effort to force Novo Nordisk to narrow its patent description.
Walgreen Co. and Lilly Diabetes have kicked off a campaign for people with diabetes that educates them about one of the most consequences of the disease: hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy’s thriving Internet business has been popular in markets far from the chain’s western U.S. operating area, laying a "beachhead" for store openings in the East, according to president and chief executive officer Mark Panzer.
Rite Aid Corp. is stepping up the rollout of its "wellness store" format this fiscal year.
Walmart is the pharmacy provider in a new pharmacy benefits option offered to employers by health insurer Humana Inc.
Take Care Health Systems has begun offering Medicare patients wellness visits that provide an array of preventive health care services.
Rite Aid Corp. saw its revenue grow and its net loss shrink for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and full year but fell short of analysts’ earnings forecast. The drug chain said Thursday that for the 14-week fourth quarter ended March 3, revenue climbed 10.7% to $7.1 billion from $6.5 billion
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores hailed the enactment of legislation in Kentucky that would require transparency in pharmacy audit processes conducted by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). NACDS said Wednesday that the state law (H.B.
Walgreen Co. has elected Jan Babiak to its board of directors. Walgreens said late Tuesday that Babiak, a retired managing partner for Ernst & Young, joins the board as an independent director and becomes its 12th member.
Rite Aid Corp. has boosted supplies of the pertussis booster vaccine Tdap at its 140 drug stores in Washington after the state’s health department reported "epidemic" levels of whooping cough.
This spring MinuteClinic is offering a free monitoring visit to diabetes patients to help them better control the disease.
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.
Rite Aid Corp. pharmacists have begun offering personalized reports that show how well patients are doing in following their prescription medication regimens.
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.
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.
State health policy professional Leigh Knotts has joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores as a director of state government affairs.
