In a move designed to enhance its ability to execute, Walgreen Co. has altered the reporting structure within its top management team, reducing the number of executives who answer directly to president and chief executive officer Greg Wasson.
Big Y Foods Inc. and the Western New England College School of Pharmacy have partnered to open a patient-centered Consultation and Wellness Center run by faculty pharmacists.
After last year’s vaccine shortages and the worries over an H1N1 pandemic, community pharmacies and other chain drug retailers are stepping up their efforts to provide flu vaccines this year. Both CVS Caremark Corp. and Rite Aid Corp.
Kmart Pharmacy is participating in a campaign to help raise public awareness of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), a silent yet deadly vascular condition currently undiagnosed in an estimated 1 million-plus Americans.
Drug store buying organization Pharmacy Select and FFF Enterprises’ VaxAmerica have unveiled a program that will offer flu vaccine clinic services to thousands of independent pharmacies nationwide. Pharmacy Select — the umbrella organization of pharmacy buying groups Pharmacy Provider Services Corp.
A new pharmacy program from Albertsons LLC aims to bolster children’s health by educating both kids and their parents.
Voice messages can help promote medication adherence by prompting telephone pharmacy customers to choose automatic prescription refills, according to research by CVS Caremark Corp.
Rite Aid and Just Between Friends have launched Rite Aid Prescriptions for Education, a new prescription transfer program aimed at benefitting participating families and local Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) nationwide.
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy plans to open the doors for its 23rd drug store in early November. The pharmacy chain said Wednesday that the new 4,700-square-foot location will be located on Santa Cruz Avenue in downtown Menlo Park, Calif.
CVS Caremark Corp. is partnering with nonprofit group Direct Relief USA to provide up to $5 million in free flu shots to community clinic and health center patients lacking health insurance. All CVS/pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations nationwide began offering flu vaccinations late last month.
Target Corp. plans to open eight Target Clinic health centers in the Chicago and Palm Beach, Fla., markets. The discount store chain said Tuesday that the new Target Clinics include five locations in the Chicago area and three locations in the Palm Beach area.
Walmart has named a new chief for its health and wellness unit as part of a revamp of its merchandising organization and leadership. In a company memo released Monday, Walmart said Duncan MacNaughton has been appointed executive vice president of consumables, health and wellness, and Walmart.com.
Rite Aid Corp. plans to add a limited-assortment grocery concept to its stores in Greenville, S.C., under a co-branding arrangement with Supervalu Inc.’s Save-A-Lot supermarket chain.
Same-store sales at Walgreen Co. edged up in August after coming in virtually flat the previous month. The drug store chain said Friday that sales in comparable stores rose 2.1% in August, up from a 0.4% uptick in July that followed a 2% gain in June and declines of 0.2% in May
Weis Markets this week began offering flu vaccinations at its pharmacies and later plans a round of flu shot clinics. The regional food and drug retailer said flu vaccines are now available at its 120 in-store pharmacies on a walk-in basis and by appointment to people age 18 and older. Weis Markets,
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed withdrawing provisions of the Medicaid average manufacturer price (AMP) rule, a move that retail pharmacy groups called a triumph in their long-running fight over reimbursement.
