Chain Pharmacy

Rite Aid celebrates American Pharmacists Month with contest

Take Care Health Systems to expand with Walgreens

Rite Aid integration of Brooks Eckerd stores progressing

CVS/pharmacy to offer flu vaccinations in over 4,000 stores.

Walgreens web site tops Rite Aid and CVS in an independent survey from Consumer Reports' HealthRating.org

CVS Caremark receives DMEPOS accreditation

CVS files complaint against Prasco for breach of contract

This article deals with FMI's Supermarket Pharmacy 2007 trend survey results.

Over time Drug Topics and the pharmacy industry slowly began to accept chain pharmacies as legitimate.

Officials and activists from the Service Employees International Union and the United Food & Commercial Workers recently demonstrated their opposition to Rite Aid's pending acquisition of the Eckerd and Brooks drugstores.

Medicine Shoppe International has selected Innovatix LLC as its preferred provider of group purchasing services.

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3PEA International, a payment solutions company, announced it has signed a three-year agreement with Monterey County Bank (MCB) for card issuance sponsorship and has commenced issuance of more than 3.6 million prepaid debit cards that have been added to the 3PEA card management system.

Rite Aid and the American Pain Foundation are partnering to provide free comprehensive pain management information in August and September at all Rite Aid stores nationwide.

Saint Alphonsus is a 365-licensed bed regional medical center serving Idaho, northern Nevada, and eastern Oregon.

The NACDS Marketplace Conference 2007 showcased a slew of new otcs/hbcs. A Town hall meeting discussed how to improve the front end of the pharmacy.

The complaint cited several examples of discrimination, including allegations that African-American employees were passed over for promotions to management positions in spite of experience, seniority, and qualifications.

Walgreen Co. has reached an agreement to purchase specialty pharmacy operator Option Care Inc. for about $850 million. Option Care, based in Buffalo Grove, Ill., provides a full spectrum of specialty-pharmacy and home-infusion services

Previously, Coster was VP of policy and programs at NACDS, where he was responsible for policy issues relating to federal healthcare programs. At Rite Aid, Coster will be responsible for lobbying Congress and regulatory agencies on issues that will impact Rite Aid's business.

This cover story discusses the different initiatives taken by pharmacy chains to prevent drug errors by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

The coin-to-card service allows consumers to convert their loose change to a CVS card at the Coinstar kiosk and pay no coin-counting fee.

An internal analysis of the outcomes of the Walgreens Health Initiatives medication therapy management (MTM) program reveals savings of more than $50 per member per month for patients receiving interventions.

The CVS ExtraCare Plus card will provide CVS customers with a convenient and secure multipurpose reward and payment solution that links the cardholders' existing checking accounts to their existing ExtraCare accounts.

The FTC has accepted, subject to final approval, an Agreement Containing Consent Order with Rite Aid Corp. and the Jean Coutu Group. The agreement is designed to remedy the likely anticompetitive effects arising from Rite Aid's proposed acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd retail pharmacies from Jean Coutu.

Walgreens is offering medication advice to help pharmacy patients prepare for hurricane season, which officially started on June 1.

Rite Aid Corp. announced that FTC has accepted the proposed consent agreement relating to Rite Aid's acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd drugstore chains from The Jean Coutu Group Inc.

CtW Investment Group has issued a statement requesting the CVS/Caremark board immediately request Headrick's resignation.

Walgreens has completed its acquisition of Take Care Health Systems, a leading convenient care clinic operator.

CVS has suspended pharmacy technician Katie Dudash from its Euclid, Ohio, store after learning that she was involved in administering a lethal dose of medication to a child while she worked as a technician at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland.

A five-month-old baby was poisoned after ingesting a psychotropic drug prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults, according to the lawsuit.