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March 10, 2010
NCPA expresses support of Rep. Berry's healthcare-reform bill

A new healthcare-reform bill introduced Thursday by Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., included several provisions that...

March 9, 2010
Pharmacy leaders flock to Capitol for second NACDS RxIMPACT Day

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and its members are staging a two-day, full-court...

March 9, 2010
Walgreens pursuing Rx contract with Delta Air Lines, report says

Walgreens is reported to be negotiating with Delta Air Lines on a contract to provide...

March 8, 2010
Missouri selects NPLEx e-tracking program to block PSE sales

Missouri has selected the National Precursor Log Exchange to serve as its statewide, real-time electronic...

March 8, 2010
RediClinic offering Latisse consultations

RediClinic, which operates 22 retail health clinics inside select H-E-B stores in the Greater Houston...

HOUSTON RediClinic, which operates 22 retail health clinics inside select H-E-B stores in the Greater Houston and Austin area, now is offering Latisse, an FDA-approved prescription treatment to grow lashes.

Latisse is a prescription treatment for hypotrichosis used to grow eyelashes. Eyelash hypotrichosis is another name for not having enough eyelashes or eyelashes that are inadequate. The topical solution must be applied each night on the skin of the upper eyelid margins at the base of the eyelashes. Results are gradual and peak after 12 to 16 weeks.

March 7, 2010
Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy closes in D.C. area

The only pro-life pharmacy in the metropolitan area of the nation’s capital is closing, according...

March 4, 2010
Acorda announces availability of MS treatment

A new drug by Acorda Therapeutics for treating multiple sclerosis has become available, Acorda announced....

March 4, 2010
CVS partnership may drive down healthcare costs

CVS Caremark’s Behavior Change Research Partnership with several leading universities is likely to yield some...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT CVS Caremark’s Behavior Change Research Partnership with several leading universities is likely to yield some invaluable results for the industry at large because if CVS Caremark executives and the participating academic leaders can better understand customer behavior and develop ways to encourage improved healthy behaviors, then the end result likely will be lower healthcare costs.

March 4, 2010
Free antibiotic program well-received at Stater Bros. stores, company says

A retailer based in Southern California said its offering of free 14-day supplies of selected...

March 2, 2010
Walgreens completes acquisition of SpecialtyScripts

Walgreens has completed its acquisition of prescription files from Cardinal Health subsidiary SpecialtyScripts, based in...

March 1, 2010
CVS Caremark develops Behavior Change Research Partnership

CVS Caremark is enlisting the help of academic leaders from several leading universities to develop...

March 1, 2010
GAO: Specialty drugs accounted for 10% of Medicare Part D spending in 2007

The kinds of high-cost drugs commonly dispensed in specialty pharmacies accounted for 10% of the...

March 1, 2010
NCPA, Sharps Compliance announce partnership

The National Community Pharmacists Association is teaming up with Sharps Compliance to emphasize the proper...

March 1, 2010
Surescripts: E-prescription use jumps 181%

E-prescription adoption and use in the United States has skyrocketed over the past two years,...

February 28, 2010
E-prescribing use soars, but independents unconnected

American retail pharmacy continued its slow but inexorable journey into the 21st century in 2009...

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
Rite Aid kicks off Fill Up & Fuel Up program

Rite Aid announced the return of its popular Fill Up & Fuel Up program, a...

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
Turning new corner, Winn-Dixie builds store

Winn-Dixie Stores in early February celebrated the completion of its new store, the first ground-up...

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 16, 2010
Giant Eagle free antibiotics program proves a winner

Giant Eagle last week announced that its free antibiotics program, launched in September of last...

PITTSBURGH Giant Eagle last week announced that its free antibiotics program, launched in September of last year, has resulted in more than $3 million in free prescriptions for customers in the company's four-state operating area.

February 16, 2010
Surescripts unveils lower pricing policy

Electronic prescribing network provider Surescripts made its new, lower pricing policy official Tuesday, announcing that...

February 15, 2010
At least until the Ides of March, Walgreens agrees to fill Washington Medicaid scripts

Walgreens has announced that it will continue to fill Medicaid prescriptions at its Washington state...

February 11, 2010
Investors should remember the patent cliff

Some investors quoted in published reports foresee huge gains for such retail pharmacy chains as...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY ITS IMPORTANT Some investors quoted in published reports foresee huge gains for such retail pharmacy chains as CVS and Walgreens, as blockbuster drugs like Pfizer’s Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Sanofi-Aventis’ and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) come off patent and face generic competition, but they would do well to remember an important factor: the patent cliff.

February 11, 2010
Solantic to offer cheap prescriptions

A company that operates walk-in clinics in Florida is offering cheap prescriptions to some of...