Navarro Discount Pharmacy soon plans to roll out its Vida Mia private label — believed to be the nation’s first brand targeting Hispanics across all product categories — to its 30 drug stores in the Miami area. Navarro’s Vida Mia brand was on display in the Latino Markets area of the 2011 PLMA
Doctor’s offices and pharmacies see electronic prescribing as a key tool for improving patient safety and saving time, but they face barriers to realizing the technology’s full benefit, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The National Community Pharmacists Association claims that many Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) aren’t what they seem to consumers.
MinuteClinic has entered a clinical affiliation with Emory Healthcare, Georgia’s largest hospital system, in the metropolitan Atlanta area.
After a successful pilot at some stores, Rexall has made the Hemocode food intolerance system available at over 200 of its pharmacy locations in Canada. Gemoscan Canada Inc.
The Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) plans to hold its 86th Annual Trade Expo in Kissimmee, Fla., on Jan. 23 to 26, 2012.
Pharmacy industry veteran Kathleen Jaeger has been named senior vice president of pharmacy care and patient advocacy, a newly created position, at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Topics from battling the economy’s headwinds to implementing the latest technological advances to targeting baby boomers emerged during a wide-ranging discussion of category management conducted here last month for Chain Drug Review.
The dates of the 2012 NACDS RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill have been changed because of a change in the 2012 congressional calendar, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. NACDS said Thursday that the new dates for the pharmacy advocacy event will be March 21 and 22, 2012.
Bartell Drugs has deployed a new suite of integrated retail photo merchandising services developed by Eastman Kodak Co. and LifePics.
MinuteClinic has become a contracted provider with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, the state’s largest locally based health insurer.
As the holiday shopping season gets under way, CVS/pharmacy and Walgreens have served up expanded functionality for mobile device users. CVS on Friday unveiled enhanced shopping and prescription refill functionality for its mobile site (m.cvs.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and National Community Pharmacists Association have called on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known as the "super committee, and the Senate Armed Services Committee to nix an Obama administration proposal that they say would lead to high
Walgreen Co. has reached an agreement with health insurer EmblemHealth Inc. that allows EmblemHealth and Connecticare members to retain access to the Walgreens pharmacy network in 2012. Brooklyn, N.Y.-based EmblemHealth, through its companies Group Health Inc.
CVS Caremark Corp. has appointed Kevin Murphy as president of subsidiary Accordant Health Services. Accordant provides disease management and case management services for people with rare chronic conditions.
The general counsel at Walgreen Co. and a onetime health services and specialty pharmacy executive at the drug chain have been named to the boards of health care-related companies. Unigene Laboratories Inc.
