Content about Medical prescription

February 2, 2010
Walgreens' monthly sales up, same-store numbers drop

Walgreens reported a 2.7% increase in its monthly sales, but noted a drop in same-store sales....

January 31, 2010
CHPA to fight reverse-switch of PSE products in Mississippi with legislative line

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Saturday announced a legislative line for consumers to call...

January 28, 2010
FDA approves generic version of GoLytely

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of a prescription laxative made...

January 28, 2010
Loose ends should be tied to make e-prescribing a reality

Relative to the national chains, independent pharmacies have limited resources and, given the importance and...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Relative to the national chains, independent pharmacies have limited resources and, given the importance and benefit of e-prescribing, further helping to facilitate the adoption of e-prescribing via grants — not to mention facilitating two-way communication between prescribers and pharmacists — is critical to help push overall adoption closer to the finish line.

January 28, 2010
Navarro Discount Pharmacies opens unique 'window' of opportunity

Navarro Discount Pharmacies, a Hispanic-owned pharmacy retailer with 28 locations in Miami, has opened a...

January 28, 2010
NCPA backs federal employee benefits bill, makes recommendations

In a letter to Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., the National Community Pharmacists Association’s chief executive...

January 27, 2010
NCPA responds to President Obama's State of the Union Address

Following President Obama's State of the Union Address to Congress and a response from Gov....

January 27, 2010
Rite Aid reports drop in same-store sales

Rite Aid on Thursday posted a 2.1% decline in same-store sales for the four weeks...

January 26, 2010
Express Scripts spins off Rx Outreach as a nonprofit

A pharmacy benefit manager is gearing up to create a new independent, nonprofit charitable organization...

January 24, 2010
NCPA: E-prescribing should be more efficient in two-way communication, cost

Providing grants to offset implementation and transaction fee costs and making two-way communication between prescribers...

January 21, 2010
Mississippi legislators seek to reverse-switch PSE products

Four Mississippi legislators earlier this month added the Magnolia State as one of those states...

January 18, 2010
CVS/pharmacy's ExtraCare cardholders save big in 2009

CVS/pharmacy announced Tuesday that ExtraCare cardholders received a combined total of more than $1.9 billion...

January 18, 2010
HealthWarehouse.com, Atlantis Health Plan provide members with free 90-day supplies of generics

A licensed online pharmacy and a health insurer are collaborating to provide members with 90-day...

January 17, 2010
MedPro Rx offering scholarships to students with bleeding disorders

Prospective college students living with bleeding disorders have a chance to receive a scholarship from...

January 17, 2010
Schnucks Pharmacies offering free prenatal vitamins to expectant mothers

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, and a Midwestern supermarket pharmacy chain is giving...

January 13, 2010
CVS' Beauty360 expands presence to Internet

CVS/pharmacy’s upscale Beauty360 retail concept now has e-commerce capabilities, enabling shoppers to buy everyday necessities...

January 13, 2010
Hy-Vee, specialty pharmacy Amber form Hy-Vee Pharmacy Solutions

Retail pharmacy Hy-Vee and specialty pharmacy Amber earlier this week announced the two companies would...

January 13, 2010
Pharmacy groups urge changes to long-term care mandate in health-reform bill; offer alternatives

Two independent community pharmacy advocates are urging Congress to consider more practical alternatives to legislation...

January 13, 2010
Walgreens to cease Medicaid reimbursements at 64 Washington state pharmacies

Walgreens plans to withdraw 64 of its stores from Washington state’s Medicaid program in response...

January 12, 2010
Facing investors with renewed confidence, Walgreens charts progress of renewal efforts

By all appearances, Walgreens is regaining its mojo....

January 12, 2010
Walgreens agrees to acquire pharmacy business, other assets from Snyder Drug in Minnesota

Walgreens has agreed to acquire the pharmacy business and certain other assets of 25 company-owned...

January 11, 2010
A look at China's retail pharmacies

China can't be said to have retail pharmacies in the American sense because, under current...

January 10, 2010
Continuing Rx integration

Drug Store News: With the reorganization of Ahold USA there seems to be a real...

Drug Store News speaks with Jim Wonderly, VP pharmacy at Stop & Shop, Giant-Landover and Ahold USA.

Drug Store News: With the reorganization of Ahold USA there seems to be a real effort to get more localized in each market. Does that mean changes in the pharmacy?

January 10, 2010
Growing e-Rx

Surescripts, the electronic prescribing company founded in 2001 by the National Association of Chain Drug...

January 10, 2010
NCPA urges strengthening of 340B program in letter to Congress

An organization representing the nation's independent pharmacies issued a letter to the chairmen of two...