Drug Store News

12/13/2010
New DSN rewrites book on trade mags
WAG test drives electric fill-ups
Cardinal diversifies 
with Kinray deal
Macy’s acts on beauty ‘Impulse’
Shiseido pops up 
to promote collections
Changing Channels — Hot products outside of food, drug and mass
Annual DSN roundtables draw record crowd
Site helps open networking
 for pharm students, schools
Q&A: Shift in power, 
but not strategy — Steve Anderson, NACDS
You spoke; we listened ­— introducing the NEW DSN
Excitement, action return to Walmart aisles
A new team for the New Year
Small formats gain momentum, grab attention
Sam’s opens its ‘Portfolio’ to a health-and-wellness focus
$2 solution: WMT, Humana play low-price card
Walmart delivers regionalized health care with new clinic model
Front-end focus: OTC gets in on the ‘Action’
Front-end focus: Suppliers help beautify aisles
Adults want control of their private health data
White House: Health reform will save Medicare $3,500 per patient
NACDS urges simple, single med document for patients
Medco launches educational online tool to improve medication nonadherence
PDX, HDS fuse automation, data with verification tool
Rx DrugSafe introduces medicine 
lockbox with fingerprint technology
Q&A: Central-fill Innovation — Doyle Jensen, 
Innovation Associates
TIAS broadens Rx automation portfolio
P&G, GSK hold their own 
in crowded antacid aisle
Q&A: Synergetic strategy
 — Scott Verner, Nipro Diagnostics
Added benefits, regimens brighten oral care segment
Functional beverages help 
juice up sector
Retailers lure shoppers to greeting cards with signage