MinuteClinic has opened its first retail health clinic locations in the Savannah, Ga., region. The CVS Caremark Corp. subsidiary said Tuesday that two new clinics are now open inside CVS/pharmacy stores in Savannah and Richmond Hill, Ga.
Revenue for the Jean Coutu Group’s franchised store network climbed for the fiscal 2012 second quarter, and same-store sales inched up despite lackluster growth in the pharmacy.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ advertising campaign in opposition to the proposed merger of Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions has now hit print.
After a seven-month search, Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. has appointed Domenic Pilla as president and chief executive officer. Canada’s largest drug store chain said late Monday that Pilla, who most recently was president of McKesson Canada, will take the helm as CEO on Nov. 1.
Ritzman Pharmacies Inc. has wrapped up its acquisition of Buehler Food Markets Inc.’s in-store pharmacies. The Ohio-based drug store chain said Monday that it has completed the transition of all Buehler’s pharmacies to Ritzman Pharmacies, which have now opened their doors in the supermarkets.
Retail pharmacy industry veteran Warren Jeffery plans to retire from Katz Group Canada Ltd./Rexall at the end of this month.
The nation’s biggest retail pharmacy chains are wasting no time in expanding their options as the Medicare Part D plan selling season gets under way. Walgreen Co., Walmart and Target Corp.
Rite Aid Corp. is taking its flu shot message to the masses — that is, the masses of commuters filing through Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal. Dr.
A Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll found that more than a quarter of Americans are concerned about the value and safety of vaccines. What’s more, over 20% of the survey’s more than 3,000 respondents said they believe vaccines can cause autism. Thomson Reuters and NPR conduct the monthly poll to
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) and Pfizer Inc. have teamed up to combat the sale of counterfeit prescription medicines and help patients learn how to safely buy medicines online.
Late next month, Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy plans to open its 24th location in Carlsbad, Calif. Pharmaca, which provides traditional prescription filling services and homeopathic health solutions, said Thursday that the 4,700-square-foot Carlsbad store will open for business on Oct.
Leveraging its medication therapy knowledge, CVS Caremark Corp. has partnered with Dovetail Health, a provider of transitional care services, to help prevent hospital readmissions.
Walgreen Co. this week brought together representatives from leading health systems to discuss evolving efforts in coordinated patient care at the first Walgreens Health Systems Executive Client Forum.
Despite a dip in the front end, same-store sales for Rite Aid Corp. rose during September. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the four weeks ended Sept. 24, comparable-store sales edged up 1.3% versus a year earlier. The uptick kept up the drug store chain’s monthly comp-store sales growth this year
With a gathering of federal and New York state officials on hand, CVS Caremark Corp. this week held a grand opening for a 751,000-square-foot distribution center in Chemung, N.Y., that serves about 350 CVS/pharmacy stores in the Northeast. (Left to right) Sen.
Bartell Drugs plans to premiere what it calls a "next-generation store" in Seattle that features more product offerings, new concepts for store departments, and enhanced lighting and decor.
