Walmart, Humana offer low-cost Medicare Rx plan
Walmart is partnering with health insurer Humana Inc. to offer a co-branded Medicare Part D prescription drug plan that they tout as carrying the lowest national monthly premium in the country.
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Jean Coutu launches hypertension tool
Jean Coutu Group Inc. has introduced Caution Hypertension, a new hypertension monitoring program that enables people to regulate their blood pressure in tandem with their pharmacist and their doctor.
Walgreens starts safe medication disposal program
An initiative launched by Walgreen Co. will let customers safely dispose of unused or expired medications, a program that the drug store chain calls the first in the nation.
Navarro portal to share POS data with suppliers
Navarro Discount Pharmacy has enlisted technology provider SONA LLC to develop a web-based portal to enable point-of-sale and market basket data reporting to suppliers.
September same-store sales dip at Rite Aid
Same-store sales improved but were still down slightly in September at Rite Aid Corp. The drug store chain reported Thursday that for the four weeks ended Sept. 25, same-store sales dipped 0.9% year over year. That result was a bit better than the 1% decline in August but continued a series
Former Merck exec joins Walgreens
Walgreen Co. has hired Jeffrey Berkowitz as senior vice president of pharmaceutical development and market access. Walgreens said Thursday that Berkowitz comes to the company from pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co., where he was senior vice president of global market access.
Pharmacy groups form e-health IT alliance
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and seven other national pharmacy organizations have launched the Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative.
Walgreens makes strides with core strategies
Walgreen Co. is looking ahead to a year of further growth as it builds on the progress of its key business strategies, namely the enhancement of its drug store base, according to president and chief executive officer Greg Wasson.
Shoppers Food & Pharmacy president to retire
Dick Bergman, president of Supervalu Inc. chain Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, is slated to retire at the end of this week. Bergman, who has served as president of Lanham, Md.-based Shoppers since 2006, informed the supermarket company that he plans to retire effective this Friday, Oct.
FDA applauded by NACDS for push to simply Rx information
The Food and Drug Administration drew praise this week from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores for the progress of its effort to improve the usefulness of the information that patients receive with their prescription medications.
Kerr Drug offers free prescription delivery
Kerr Drug has kicked off a free prescription delivery service that will bring medications to patients at their homes or workplaces. The North Caroliina drug store chain said this week that the service is available from its 22 stores in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area.
Walgreens tops Wall St. forecast as 4Q earnings rise
Citing a strong operating performance and cost measures, Walgreen Co. saw robust earnings and revenue gains for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter. The drug store chain reported Tuesday that for the fourth quarter ended Aug.
Over 1,200 diabetes clinics planned by Rite Aid
Rite Aid Corp. aims to host more than 1,200 free diabetes clinics during American Diabetes Month this fall as part of its Stop Diabetes awareness campaign with the American Diabetes Association.
Stater Bros. pharmacies to offer free breast cancer drug
Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacy plans to provide a free 30-day supply of breast cancer treatment medication tamoxifen during October as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Rite Aid helps California stem whooping cough outbreak
Pharmacists at more than 500 Rite Aid drug stores in California are helping the state address a growing health crisis by providing ready access to shots for pertussis, or whooping cough.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal to keynote NACDS Foundation dinner
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, will be the keynote speaker for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Foundation Dinner. The 12th annual NACDS Foundation dinner will be held Nov. 30 in New York.