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CVS, P&G unveil ‘guy aisle’

CVS/pharmacy and Procter & Gamble Co. have set up a prototype aisle designed to make it easier for men to find and purchase grooming products. Dubbed the "guy aisle," the section has been launched inside CVS drug stores in Charlotte, N.C., and Tinley Park, Ill., P&G said Wednesday.

Express Scripts, Medco CEOs defend merger deal

Express Scripts, Medco CEOs defend merger deal

At a congressional hearing, the chief executive officers of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. made the case for the companies’ merger deal, which retail and specialty pharmacy groups and others have called anticompetitive.

APhA steers consumers to drug stores for flu shots

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has begun its annual campaign to alert consumers that their local retail drug store provides a convenient place to get their flu shot this season. APhA said Tuesday that more than 150,000 U.S.

Good Neighbor, Health Mart lead in Rx satisfaction

Good Neighbor, Health Mart lead in Rx satisfaction

Independent pharmacy franchises, supermarkets and mass merchandisers topped traditional chain drug stores in terms of pharmacy customer satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. National Pharmacy Study. The J.D.

Industry mourns passing of Len DeMino

Len DeMino, who spent more than 50 years involved in community pharmacy, died on Friday. He was 81. After getting a pharmacy degree from George Washington University in 1956, DeMino began what would become a long career as a pharmacist and industry advocate in 1958 with Washington, D.C.

NACDS radio ad urges rejection of PBM merger

NACDS radio ad urges rejection of PBM merger

A radio advertisement launched by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores aims to rally consumers against the proposed merger of Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions. NACDS said Monday that the drive-time radio ad, airing in the Washington, D.C.

Duane Reade to use electric delivery trucks

Duane Reade has partnered with Smith Electric Vehicles to add Newton zero-emission, all-electric commercial trucks to its delivery fleet. The metropolitan New York drug store chain, part of Walgreen Co.

Navarro names CFO, promotes OTC exec

Navarro Discount Pharmacy has appointed Luis Mier as chief financial officer and promoted Manuel Leon to vice president of wholesale and over-the-counter programs. Luis Mier (left) and Manuel Leon (right).

Rite Aid, OptumHealth unveil ‘virtual clinic’

Rite Aid Corp. has partnered with OptumHealth to introduce NowClinic Online Care, which provides 24×7 real-time access to health care services and information, at some of the drug chain’s stores in the greater Detroit area.

NACDS applauds legislation scrutinizing PBMs

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores commended Democratic and Republican lawmakers for sponsoring legislation examining practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). NACDS said Wednesday it has sent letters to Sen. Mark Pryor (D., Ark.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R., Wash.

Walgreens teams with HHS, CDC, CMS to improve heart health

Walgreen Co. has joined with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a new effort to fight heart disease with Million Hearts Initiative in Washington, D.C.