Robust front-end sales growth helped lift first-quarter revenue at Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. despite a dip in pharmacy business. Also, the Canadian drug store chain has named a new chairman and announced changes in its board of directors.
Rite Aid Corp. saw its same-store sales climb back on the upside in April. The drug store chain said Wednesday that for the four weeks ended April 23, comparable-store sales inched up 0.5% versus a year earlier. In March, the retailer had seen same-store results dip 0.1% after gains of 1%
Though facing some challenges, the market for retail health clinics has grown overall and is poised to become a "durable part" of the nation’s health care system, according to a new report by health care market researcher Kalorama Information.
Canada Health Infoway has formed a working group of clinicians to help further the adoption of electronic prescribing.
Three high-profile speakers headline the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ agenda at the 2011 NACDS Annual Meeting, which kicks off this weekend in Scottsdale. Ariz.
MinuteClinic has expanded its menu of services to include vitamin B-12 injections and the human papillomavirus virus (HPV) vaccination Gardasil. The CVS Caremark Corp. retail clinic subsidiary said Monday that the B-12 injection costs $21 and the HPV vaccine is priced at $208.
Walgreen Co. said its customers have helped keep more than 15,000 pounds of unused or expired medications out of landfills through its Safe Medication Disposal Program. The drug store chain said Monday that, working with Sharps Compliance Corp.
When the pharmacist talks, drug store customers seeking over-the-counter product advice listen, a survey by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) finds.
More than 500 Rite Aid pharmacies in California are offering whooping cough vaccinations for a newly lowered price of $57.99. Rite Aid Corp. said Thursday that by July 1 — when a new California law takes effect requiring proof of pertussis immunization for all students entering grades 7 through 12 —
Navarro Discount Pharmacy has opened a Continental National Bank of Miami branch in one of its stores, which the retailer said is Florida’s first bank inside a drug store.
Take Care Health Systems has entered a clinical alliance with Ochsner Health System to improve patient access to affordable, convenient health care services in the greater New Orleans region.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has named Joel Kurzman as a director of state government affairs.
The National Community Pharmacists Association has created the NCPA Advocacy Center, which aims to bring together all of the association’s advocacy functions on behalf of community pharmacists and their patients.
U.S. prescription drug spending was up again in 2010, but growth was less than half the rate of the previous year, according to a report by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. The IMS Health unit said in its "Use of Medicines in the United States: Review of 2010" report, released Tuesday,
The University of Toronto’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy has received a $1 million donation from Walmart Canada to create the Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre.
Kroger Co. and Albertson’s LLC have joined the Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance, which will give their shoppers expanded access to community-based programs that can help them detect and better manage the disease.
