Rite Aid Corp. has begun its annual healthy skin campaign in conjunction with The Skin Cancer Foundation. Running through July 31, the effort includes free informational skin care guides in Rite Aid drug stores and online at RiteAid.
Walgreen Co. has appointed Alan London, M.D., as chief medical officer of Take Care Health Systems Consumer Solutions Group. Walgreens said Wednesday that London will lead Take Care Health’s efforts to build and maintain external doctor and health system relationships for Take Care Clinics.
The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) has updated the blueprint for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE), reorganizing the test’s content into nine knowledge areas. PTCB said Wednesday that changes to the exam stemmed from a job analysis completed in February.
Navarro Discount Pharmacy has opened a liquor store operation adjacent to one of its drug stores in the Miami Beach area. The new liquor outlet is situated near a Navarro drug store in Sunny Isles, Fla.
Same-store sales for Walgreen Co. were down in May, though less than in the previous month, as the company’s contract dispute with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Inc. continued to impact its prescription business by double-digits.
Peter Duran has joined the retail pharmacy alliance RxAlly as vice president and chief privacy officer.
Walgreen Co. has expanded its relationship with pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx and ended its lawsuit with PBM Express Scripts Inc.
A survey by CVS Caremark Corp. found that 78% of consumers eligible for new health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have never heard of the state health insurance exchanges where they will have to shop for coverage starting in 2014.
Five pharmacy trade groups have written to Congress to voice their opposition to an amendment to the Food and Drug Administration Safety Innovation Act, saying it could delay patients timely relief from chronic pain and hike drug costs.
Fresh research by Walgreen Co. and CVS Caremark Corp. reveals that a more personal, precise approach to improving medication adherence is more successful.
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has taken its website offline after it was attacked and defaced. APhA said Thursday that the attack on its site, pharmacist.com, occurred during the evening of May 28 and was perpetrated "by an unknown individual or group.
Next month Sam’s Club pharmacies will offer free health checks for men in recognition of Men’s Health Month in June.
Take Care Health Systems has added new diagnostic tests and administrative physicals to its menu of primary health care services. The Walgreen Co. retail health clinic subsidiary also has affiliated with The Valley Health System in southern Nevada.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association and American Pharmacists Association (APhA), have made recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration aimed at facilitating the entry of lower-cost products into the biologic and specialty pharmaceutical m
The board of trustees of the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) has voted to endorse the California Cancer Research Act.
In response to new state regulations, Rite Aid has broadened the range of vaccines it provides in West Virginia. Rite Aid said West Virginia has implemented new rules that allow Rite Aid pharmacists to administer more immunizations at its stores in the state.
