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March 1, 2010
Navarro Discount Pharmacies donating funds to Chile earthquake victims

Navarro Discount Pharmacies, its employees and customers are joining forces to help the people of...

February 28, 2010
Cigna broadens its on-site services with Kronos acquisition

Cigna is expanding its on-site health capabilities by acquiring Kronos Optimal Health—a move that demonstrates...

February 28, 2010
Cutting through cough-cold clutter could capture consumer dollars

Not even the threat of an H1N1 flu pandemic could shake today’s recession-minded employee from...

February 28, 2010
CVS’ fourth quarter lands sales-side up

CVS Caremark may have closed the books on a fiscal 2009 that brimmed with a...

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
Merck buys Millipore

Merck KGaA plans to buy a Massachusetts life sciences company for $7.2 billion, the German...

February 28, 2010
PepsiCo completes bottlers acquisitions

Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has completed its $7.8 billion strategic acquisitions of its two...

February 28, 2010
Reform slows, WAG flexes ‘Complete Care’ for payers

Step by step, Walgreens is moving to position itself at the intersection of two powerful...

February 28, 2010
Senators seek new supplement regulations

Former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., last month introduced...

February 28, 2010
Solantic offers 50 generics for $5 each

Solantic, a provider of urgent care, wellness and employer health services throughout Florida, extended its...

February 28, 2010
Trained to ‘skate to where the puck will be’

If retail chains could be compared with car engines, Walgreens in recent years has been...

February 25, 2010
Diamond Foods to acquire Kettle Foods

Diamond Foods has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kettle Foods, makers of premium...

February 25, 2010
MTM services send Kerr Drug to head of the class

For the second year in a row, Raleigh, N.C.-based Kerr Drug has earned high marks...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT For the second year in a row, Raleigh, N.C.-based Kerr Drug has earned high marks from a major health provider network for its ability to deliver effective medication therapy management to its patients. Considering that MTM is critical to the future of pharmacy as a real, patient-centered healthcare profession instead of merely a dispenser of medications, Kerr’s efforts — and recognition by Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care for those efforts — are a timely step in the right direction.

February 25, 2010
Walgreens donates nearly $2 million to Haiti

Walgreens wrapped up its in-store giving campaign with customers donating nearly $2 million to the...

February 23, 2010
Taro to close Ireland plant

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries will shut down manufacturing at its factory in Ireland, the Israeli generic...

February 22, 2010
Dollar General CEO delivers keynote address at RILA conference

The Retail Industry Leaders Association's 2010 Logistics Conference kicked off Monday with a keynote address...

February 21, 2010
Nice-Pak, PDII make donations to Haiti relief

A global manufacturer of hand sanitizing wipes donated more than 50,000 cases of products to...

February 18, 2010
Pharmacist as 'physician extender' proves successful

CVS Caremark's partnership with Polk County, Fla., and the implementation of a program to educate...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT CVS Caremark's partnership with Polk County, Fla., and the implementation of a program to educate and motivate members to engage in their health care is clearly important on several different levels, including the fact that it scores the value of pharmacists' intervention in disease management.

February 17, 2010
NBCH report: Diabetes remains crucial healthcare cost-driver for employers

Eighty percent of diabetics have at least one annual hemoglobin A1c test and cholesterol screening...

February 16, 2010
CRN opens international headquarters

The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Tuesday announced the opening of its international headquarters in...

WASHINGTON The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Tuesday announced the opening of its international headquarters in Manno, Switzerland. CRN will be opening a new wholly-owned entity to be known as the Council for Responsible Nutrition-International (CRN-I), the dietary supplement industry association announced.

February 15, 2010
CVS Caremark, Polk County partnership demonstrates role of pharmacist intervention in improving diabetes outcomes

Diabetes patients who participated in a special disease management program implemented by CVS Caremark experienced...

February 11, 2010
Hospira closes in on deal to acquire Indian generic drug maker

A U.S. maker of generic injectable drugs has moved closer to acquiring the injectables business...

February 9, 2010
Cigna broadens health-and-wellness offerings with Kronos acquisition

Cigna is expanding its onsite health capabilities by acquiring Kronos Optimal Health Co., a Phoenix-based...

February 4, 2010
'Communicator' award (once again) emphasizes pharmacy's role in health care

It matters most what big healthcare payers think of pharmacy and its role in health...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT It matters most what big healthcare payers think of pharmacy and its role in health care. Perdue Farms has 22,000 employees, and operates more than 15 employee health-and-wellness centers. And chief medical officer Roger Merrill believes in pharmacists. He says they know more about drugs than he does.

(THE NEWS: NACDS names Roger Merrill 'Pharmacy Great Communicator.' For the full story, click here)

February 4, 2010
Consumers' cough-cold agenda influenced by retailers, suppliers

Not even the threat of an H1N1 flu pandemic could shake today’s recession-minded employee from...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Not even the threat of an H1N1 flu pandemic could shake today’s recession-minded employee from losing any hours for something like a cold or flu. And not even the Department of Health, which consistently advised sick people to stay home, could change that. Not this year.

(THE NEWS: New survey sheds light on cough-cold medicine purchases. For the full story, click here)