Navarro back-to-school promotion gives back
Navarro Discount Pharmacies has launched a back-to-school shopping promotion that includes local partners and donates 5% of the sales it generates to Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
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GPhA: Generics saved U.S. nearly $140 billion last year
Dispensing generic versions of brand-name prescription drugs saved the U.S. health care system $139.6 billion in 2009 and more than $824 billion over the past decade, according to an IMS Health study commissioned by Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA).
Sam’s Club offers pharmacy satisfaction guarantee, Rx alerts
Sam’s Club has launched a pharmacy satisfaction program and prescription pickup alerts and plans another round of health screenings this fall.
Rite Aid to kick off oral health campaign
Rite Aid Corp. is teaming up with the American Dental Association (ADA) to promote oral health in a national public health campaign. The pharmacy chain said Monday that the campaign, which launches this week and runs to Sept. 25, is supported by free educational guides in its drug stores and on
CVS, MinuteClinic gear up for flu season
CVS Caremark Corp. has launched an informational campaign in its CVS/pharmacy stores and MinuteClinic retail health clinics, as well as online, to give consumers a heads-up about protecting themselves and their families during the upcoming flu season.
Navarro VP recognized as ‘up and coming’ young exec
Navarro Discount Pharmacies executive Jose Alvarez has been named as a "40 under 40 Up and Coming" business professional by the South Florida Business Journal.
Giant ties pharmacy purchases to gas rewards program
Giant Food is now enabling customers making pharmacy purchases to accumulate points for its Gas Rewards program.
Cardinal helps pharmacies target long-term care market
Cardinal Health Inc. has partnered with the American Society of Consultant Pharmacies (ASCP) to offer Medicine Shoppe and independent pharmacies training, tools and guidance to help them enter the fast-growing market for long-term care. The number of U.S.
Sales, profit up in 2Q at Shoppers Drug Mart
Shoppers Drug Mart said top-line growth helped fuel a solid earnings gain for its second quarter. The Toronto-based drug store chain said Thursday that for the 12 weeks ended June 19, sales rose 5% year over year to $2.
Rite Aid readies back-to-school campaign
Rite Aid Corp. has made its web site and recently launched loyalty card key elements of its back-to-school promotional push.
CVS Caremark’s Merlo to kick off NEW summit
CVS Caremark Corp. president and chief operating officer Larry Merlo is slated to open the Network of Executive Women’s Leadership Summit 2010 this fall in Charlotte, N.C.
Magnacca becomes president of Duane Reade
Joe Magnacca has been named president of metropolitan New York drug store chain Duane Reade. Magnacca formerly held the title of executive vice president and chief merchandising officer.
Pharmacy conveys key concerns to new CMS chief
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has sent a letter to Donald Berwick, the newly appointed administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to urge continued collaboration with community pharmacy on issues that improve the quality of the nation’s health care while m
Duane Reade opens new flagship store
Duane Reade has unveiled its largest drug store to date, in Manhattan’s Union Square, and has made the location its flagship store. The metropolitan New York pharmacy chain, now part of Walgreen Co.
Loblaw unveils smaller-format pharmacy
Loblaw Cos. has launched a smaller pharmacy format that it said provides more flexibility in deploying pharmacies inside its supermarkets. The Canadian food and drug retailer said Wednesday that it opened its first small-model in-store pharmacy at a nofrills store in Ontario.
NACDS to Congress: Health IT key to Rx adherence
Health information technology (HIT) solutions such as electronic prescribing and electronic medication records are vital to helping patients take their medications correctly, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores said in a statement submitted to Congress.