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Senate urged to prevent prescription reimportation

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has called on Senate leaders to prevent language allowing the personal importation of prescription drugs from becoming part of food safety legislation. NACDS, which on Thursday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Sen.

MinuteClinic forms clinical affiliation in Florida

MinuteClinic and southeastern health system St. Vincent’s HealthCare have entered into a clinical affiliation to enhance the health care services they provide in the Jacksonville, Fla., metropolitan area. Under the agreement announced Thursday by CVS Caremark Corp., parent of MinuteClinic, St.

Conference to focus on counterfeit drugs

The Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) plans to convene leaders from academia, government and industry in an inaugural conference on counterfeit drugs to be held Oct. 8 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Rite Aid’s same-store sales decrease in July

Rite Aid’s same-store sales decrease in July

Same-store sales at Rite Aid fell during July, with results down in both the pharmacy and the front end. The drug store chain said Thursday that for the four weeks ended July 24, same-store sales decreased 1.1 percent year over year. The result represented an improvement over the previous month but

Kerr Drug granted ‘Approved e-Advertiser’ status from NABP

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has named Kerr Drug, Pharmahelper.com and QC Supply as the first online pharmacy services to be approved through its new e-Advertiser Approval Program now required by online search providers Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.

Sales, earnings slip at CVS Caremark

Sales, earnings slip at CVS Caremark

Lost business in the pharmacy benefit management unit led to a decline in revenue for the fiscal 2010 second quarter at CVS Caremark Corp., which also missed Wall Street’s earnings forecast.

CVS Caremark signs long-term PBM pact with Aetna

CVS Caremark Corp. has entered into a 12-year contract to provide pharmacy benefit management services to customers and members of insurer Aetna. Under the deal announced Tuesday evening, CVS Caremark will serve about 9.7 million Aetna PBM members and administer roughly $9.

Drugstore.com launches online vitamin store

Drugstore.com has expanded its roster of microsites with VitaminEmporium.com, a new online store that the company said aims to offer "the best selection of vitamins and supplements to health-conscious Americans." The online health and beauty retailer said this week that VitaminEmporium.