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April 26, 2010
GSK takes smoking cessation to a new level with mini lozenge

GlaxoSmithKline announced Tuesday the launch of its new Nicorette Mini Lozenge, a smaller smoking-cessation lozenge...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. GlaxoSmithKline announced Tuesday the launch of its new Nicorette Mini Lozenge, a smaller smoking-cessation lozenge that dissolves three times faster than stop-smoking lozenges currently on the market. The lozenges will be lined-priced with existing smoking-cessation products and will be sold at U.S. retail healthcare centers as three small vials, each containing 27 lozenges.

April 18, 2010
Retail Pharmacy Annual Report 2010

Drug Store News realized a long time ago that the retail pharmacy business is a whole lot bigger than just the pure-play drug channel. It’s food, drug, mass and independents, public companies and private companies alike. It’s anywhere in America there is a pharmacy counter operating in a retail environment. That is the way that DSN defines retail pharmacy in 2010. In the pages that follow, DSN’s editors profile the Top 50 pharmacy retailers in America, measuring all of these very different companies by the one metric that matters — pharmacy sales — and the relative commitment of senior management to pharmacy, health and wellness. DSN is the only publication that measures the industry this way.

Drug Store News realized a long time ago that the retail pharmacy business is a whole lot bigger than just the pure-play drug channel. It’s food, drug, mass and independents, public companies and private companies alike. It’s anywhere in America there is a pharmacy counter operating in a retail environment. That is the way that DSN defines retail pharmacy in 2010.

April 1, 2010
Increased drug sales may yield overall economy's comeback

The uptick in prescription drug sales growth may or may not be yet another indicator...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The uptick in prescription drug sales growth may or may not be yet another indicator of improvement in the U.S. economy, but it is, without a doubt, indicative of a return to growth for the prescription drug market and, by extension, an indicator of growth among retail pharmacies.

(THE NEWS: U.S. drug sales saw growth in 2009, IMS Health says. For the full story, click here)

March 29, 2010
Gain kicks off new campaign with celebrity best friends

Gain has kicked off its "Better Together" campaign with celebrity best friends, Melissa Joan Hart...

March 28, 2010
Advertisers seek to reach Hispanic consumers

Advertisers last year allocated 5.4% of ad dollars to reach and connect with Hispanic consumers,...

March 23, 2010
Hellmann's, Best Foods mayonnaise launch 'Real Food Project'

Mayonnaise brands Hellmann's and Best Foods are launching the "Real Food Project," a nationwide initiative...

March 22, 2010
3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp partners with E! correspondent

The newest 3 Musketeers candy has teamed up with E! News host Giuliana Rancic to...

March 14, 2010
Antacids take over airwaves to protect share of stomach

By the end of this quarter, there shouldn’t be one person in America who doesn’t...

March 14, 2010
Chronic-pain shelves grow as baby boomers age

It isn’t just the weekend-warriors with aches and pains from the company’s softball game that...

March 14, 2010
Crawford leads Walgreens in unifying pharmacy, wellness

Wal greens’ long campaign to overhaul and integrate its pharmacy and clinical health components culminated...

March 9, 2010
Consumers becoming more conscious of spending habits, report finds

Shoppers are expected to be more deliberate and purposeful in their spending going forward, as...

March 8, 2010
Deschanel, Knowles and Munoz become Rimmel London brand ambassadors

Beauty company Coty has announced that Zooey Deschanel, Solange Knowles and Alejandra Ramos Munoz will...

March 2, 2010
P&G gives Olympic athletes, families royal treatment

Procter & Gamble introduced its first ever Beauty & Grooming Salon & Spa at the...

February 28, 2010
Beiersdorf’s Holding, Duane Reade’s Magnacca honored at beauty gala

Iain Holding, president of Beiersdorf North America, and Joe Magnacca, chief merchandising officer of Duane...

February 28, 2010
Integrating health solutions for payers, Walgreens unifies pharmacy, wellness, led by Crawford

Walgreens’ long campaign to overhaul and integrate its pharmacy and clinical health components culminated Monday...

DEERFIELD, Ill. Walgreens’ long campaign to overhaul and integrate its pharmacy and clinical health components culminated Monday in the company’s announcement that it had restructured its healthcare divisions to create a unified pharmacy, health and wellness solution. That solution, Walgreens reported, is tailored to meet the needs of employers, managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit managers and government clients searching for more cost-effective care for their health plan members.

 

February 28, 2010
Manufacturers’ Roulette unlikely to pay a second time

Banking on pandemics is a bit like betting green at the Roulette table. It doesn’t...

February 28, 2010
People in the News

Dave Van Howe is joining Market Performance Group, a strategy consulting and sales representation firm,...

February 28, 2010
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS.

DAVE VAN HOWE is joining Market Performance Group, a strategy consulting and sales representation firm,...

February 23, 2010
Pfizer Vaccines president to receive Honorable Mentor award

An executive from Pfizer has won an award from the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, the HBA...

February 22, 2010
Pregnancy weight gain may increase a woman's risk of gestational diabetes

Women who gain excessive weight during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, may increase their...

February 16, 2010
'iCarly' star to be latest face of Neutrogena

Neutrogena, which is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has signed actress and musician Miranda...

February 16, 2010
Merck appoints EVP and president of consumer health care

Merck & Co. has appointed former Johnson & Johnson executive Bridgette Heller to serve as...

February 16, 2010
Teva full-year profits up 22%

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries got a big boost in profits in 2009 compared with 2008, the...

February 16, 2010
Vogue International in a promotional wonderland

Vogue International, the maker of the Organix hair care brand, has teamed up with Walt...

February 10, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers projects expansion of retail clinics, offerings

Traditional care delivery models will continue to give way to alternative care delivery models, such...