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February 22, 2010
APhA, oldest U.S. pharmacy group, honors Kadlec with Schaefer Award

The American Pharmacists Association has bestowed one of its highest honors, the 2010 Hugo H....

February 16, 2010
Students celebrate Pharmacy Day in Olympia, Wash.

The state capitol of Washington got a visit from pharmacy students from both ends of...

February 10, 2010
NCPA praises DME accreditation exemption provision

A move by members of the Senate to exempt pharmacists from accreditation requirements for selling...

February 9, 2010
NACDS' Rosato gives Capitol area viewers tips for keeping compliant with their meds during the blizzard

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores' SVP pharmacy affairs, Edith Rosato, was featured Tuesday...

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 2, 2010
ICPT announces release of updated National Pharmacy Technician Training Program manual

The Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians has updated its National Pharmacy Technician Training...

February 2, 2010
Pert Plus taps male demographic with 3-in-1 products for men

Pert Plus, which is part of Innovative Brands' portfolio, is expanding its line with the...

February 1, 2010
Alberto-Culver restages Noxzema, unveils new products

Alberto-Culver, which bought the Noxzema brand from Procter & Gamble in 2008, is giving the...

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 27, 2010
Good Neighbor Pharmacy, InSite extranet wins Best in Class award

Drug wholesaler and health services giant AmerisourceBergen and its Good Neighbor Pharmacy retail division have...

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 25, 2010
NACDS taps author to deliver keynote address at annual meeting

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores announced via the social networking site Twitter that...

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
FDA approves Ampyra

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for improving walking ability in...

January 21, 2010
Retail pharmacy emerging as healthcare necessity

One of the chain pharmacy industry’s top advocates is pushing hard to thaw the frozen,...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT One of the chain pharmacy industry’s top advocates is pushing hard to thaw the frozen, century-old public perception of community pharmacists as little more than pill dispensers. And she’s getting a receptive hearing about pharmacy’s critical role among business and healthcare leaders, consumer advocates and the mainstream media.

January 20, 2010
Dr. Holmquist Healthcare to distribute bruise relief gel at Walgreens

Dr. Holmquist Healthcare on Thursday announced that Walgreens has picked up on its bruise relief...

January 20, 2010
NACDS applauds release of collaborative MTM briefing document for state legislators

An organization catering to the drug retailing industry applauded the release of a briefing paper...

January 20, 2010
Roche seeks to make injectable device for Herceptin

Roche is investing 190 million Swiss francs (U.S. $182 million) into production of a new...

January 19, 2010
Profession is in ‘revolutionary’ times, says NACDS’ top pharmacy official

Pharmacy practitioners need to recognize that the profession is now in the midst of “revolutionary”...

January 18, 2010
NACDS president, CEO urges students to make an impact during pharmacy lecture

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores president and CEO Steve Anderson honored pharmacy icon...

January 14, 2010
Innovation key to future prosperity and health, Lilly chief says

Sustaining the country’s edge in innovation and improving focus on people in medical innovations will...

January 13, 2010
HealthyPharmacies.org seeks to design, build wellness centers in pharmacies

HealthyPharmacies.org announced Thursday a series of store-of-the-future-type pilot programs that will be showcased here beginning...

January 11, 2010
Pharmacist as ‘physician extender:’ Mainstream media finally catching on?

If a lengthy story in Tuesday’s The Washington Post and a slew of other recent...

January 10, 2010
Connecting the pharmacy dots

Drug Store News: In your view, what is the important role that supermarket pharmacy plays...

Drug Store News speaks with Lori Ann Hamilton, director of healthy initiatives at Food City.

Drug Store News: In your view, what is the important role that supermarket pharmacy plays in health care?

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?