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The Drug Enforcement Administration has issued subpoenas to Costco Wholesale Corp. concerning its practices related to dispensing controlled substances.

To relieve intractable working conditions, pharmacists will have to join together. It's time to unionize.

CVS announced a $1.9 billion-dollar deal to acquire Target’s more than 1,660 pharmacies and nearly 80 clinics in 47 states.

CVS Health has now introduced one million young people to pharmacy as a career possibility, and many of them have followed through.

The award-winning journalist and author will deliver the keynote address Sunday, August 23, at the Colorado Convention Center.

Cardinal Health announced that it plans to purchase The Harvard Drug Group, based in Livonia, Mich. The deal, worth $1.115 billion, is expected to close by the beginning of the company’s fiscal year 2016.

Four black and Hispanic former CVS store detectives say yes.

That is the new name of 11 existing stores and one new one in the Miami area that CVS has rebranded to capitalize on that region’s huge Hispanic population.

Pharmacy organizations and drug store chains came together to combat antibiotic resistance at the White House’s “One Health Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship,”

The new independent company, Option Care, sees opportunity for growth in the $14 billion alternate site infusion market.

Walgreens recently opened a retail pharmacy inside Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J.

CVS Health has agreed to pay a $22 million penalty following an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that found two of the chain’s Florida pharmacies had dispensed controlled substances without legitimate prescriptions.

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A coalition of pharmaceutical companies has formed the Biosimilars Forum, a nonprofit seeking to expand patient access to biosimilars in the United States.

Twenty staff pharmacists at Osco Drug pharmacies inside 16 Shaw’s Supermarket stores in Maine recently voted to join Teamsters Union Local 340.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has completed its acquisition of Actavis’ Australian-based generic pharmaceuticals business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Eleven of the most promising biosimilars will create an estimated $250 billion in savings for U.S. payers, according to pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts.

No CVS employees or customers were injured during the looting and fires at several of the company’s Baltimore locations hours after the funeral of a 25-year-old man who died in police custody.

As part of a pilot program, some dentists and dental hygienists in Canada will be providing free oral-cancer screenings at various London Drugs locations starting this month.

The pharmaceutical and healthcare industry is lauding the FDA’s approval of the first biosimilar product this year, noting that the drugs could save the U.S. healthcare system billions of dollars.

Last year, more women than men were practicing pharmacy or working in pharmacy-related careers. And there were more women managers than ever before.

California pharmacist Afrouz Nikmanesh’s class-action lawsuit against Walmart recently suffered a major blow with the dismissal of most of her allegations against the giant retailer.

Retail pharmacists are ideally situated to perform MTM through collaborative agreements with physicians, and some are making it happen.

Key trends point to a collaboration between pharmacies and healthcare stakeholders that will shape better delivery of patient education, adherence support, and financial assistance.

The event takes place August 22-25 at Denver's Colorado Convention Center, and the exhibit floor is nearly sold out.

As part of its restructuring plan, Walgreens Boots Alliance announced April 9 that it plans to close about 200 of its less-profitable stores throughout the United States.

Rhode Island legislators recently introduced a bill that would ban pharmacies throughout the state from selling tobacco products.

Sam’s Club is offering greater discounts and some free generic medications with an expanded prescription program for its Plus and Business Plus members.

Target Canada Co. announced that it will close all its 133 Canadian retail locations on April 12, completing its inventory liquidation, according to a company statement.

Recently, state legislators in Colorado passed a biosimilars bill that would allow pharmacists to substitute a biosimilar drug for name-brand biologics in cases where the FDA has declared the drugs interchangeable.