November 6, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS third-quarter sales, Larry Merlo
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Despite sales declines in its retail pharmacy business, CVS Health saw overall revenue rise and bested Wall Street’s earnings forecast for its fiscal 2017 third quarter. CVS said Monday that for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, sales totaled $46.18 billion up 3.5% from $44.62 billion a year earlier. CVS third-quarter sales
November 6, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, Anthem, CVS Caremark PBM, CVS Pharmacy, Express Scripts, Helena Foulkes, IngenioRx, Jon Roberts, Joseph Swedish, Larry Merlo, performance pharmacy network, pharmacy benefit management, Walgreens
2017, Issue 11-06-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has announced two major agreements to boost pharmacy benefit management services. The company late last month introduced a 30,000-store performance-based pharmacy network anchored by CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens designed to deliver savings and improved clinical outcomes for CVS Caremark PBM members. That followed the company’s announcement of a five-year deal
November 6, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Adam Fein, Aetna, Amazon, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS-Aetna deal, Humana, Larry Merlo, Mark Bertolini, MinuteClinic, OptumRx, Pembroke Consulting, UnitedHealth
2017, Issue 11-06-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — At presstime The Wall Street Journal along with other news agencies reported that CVS Health will offer more than $200 per share, or about $66 billion, to purchase the health insurance giant Aetna Inc. Anonymous sources cited by WSJ originated the story about a potential CVS-Aetna deal. The possible transaction comes as
November 6, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS medication disposal kiosks, CVS Pharmacy, Josh Shapiro, Josh Stein, Thomas Moriarty
2017, Issue 11-06-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has expanded its safe medication disposal program with in-store kiosks. The new disposal units inside 750 CVS Pharmacy stores will add to the more than 800 CVS medication disposal kiosks the company has donated to law enforcement officials across the country. Those units have collected more than 100 metric tons
November 3, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Florida Department of Health, hepatitis A vaccine, Hurricane Harvey, hurricane recovery efforts in Houston, Jeff Schmidt, MinuteClinic, Project Health, Tobias Barker
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has responded to regional crises to help meet the needs of residents in Florida and Houston. In Florida, CVS said this week it’s making the hepatitis A vaccine available to address an outbreak in the state. And in Houston, the company rescheduled its free Project Health screenings in light of
November 2, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
American Lung Association, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Lung Force, NicoDerm CQ, Nicorette, nicotine replacement therapy, smoking cessation
2017, Issue 11-20-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Supplier News
CHICAGO — GSK Consumer Healthcare and CVS Health have partnered with American Lung Association’s Lung Force initiative to help people quit smoking. The American Lung Association said that GSK Consumer Healthcare will donate $1 to Lung Force for every box of Nicorette or NicoDerm CQ purchased at CVS Pharmacy through Dec. 2, up to $100,000.
October 30, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Hallmark, Helena Foulkes, Stand Up To Cancer, SU2C, Sue Schwartz, Tracee Ellis Ross
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has launched its fourth annual in-store fundraising campaign to benefit Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) at CVS Pharmacy stores nationwide. Through Nov. 19, CVS Pharmacy customers can support Stand Up To Cancer by making a $1, $3 or larger donation at checkout or online at StandUpToCancer.org/CVSHealth. Funds raised will support Stand
October 26, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Chris Carr, CVS drug disposal kiosks, CVS Health, CVS medication disposal program, CVS Pharmacy, Drug Enforcement Administration, Josh Shapiro, Josh Stein, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Thomas Moriarty
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has officially expanded its safe medication disposal kiosk program to CVS Pharmacy stores. The company said new CVS drug disposal kiosks are now inside 750 CVS Pharmacy locations, adding to the 800-plus units that the company has donated to law enforcement nationwide, which have collected more than 100 metric tons
October 24, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, CVS Caremark performance-based network, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Helena Foulkes, Jon Roberts, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — For its CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit manager, CVS Health next year plans to roll out a new 30,000-store pharmacy network anchored by CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens. CVS said late Tuesday that the performance-based network also will include up to 10,000 independent community pharmacies nationwide. Besides yielding unit cost savings, the CVS Caremark
October 23, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
ClearRx, CVS Pharmacy, Deborah Adler, Kevin Hourican, medication adherence, ScriptPath, ScriptPath Prescription Schedule
2017, Issue 10-23-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy aims to improve medication adherence with the rollout of ScriptPath, a new prescription management system for patients on multiple medicines. Earlier this month, CVS launched the ScriptPath Prescription Schedule, which pulls all of a patient’s CVS prescription information onto one document and employs icons designating the time of day and
October 23, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Albertsons, California wildfires, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Discount Drug Mart, Helena Foulkes, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Kathleen McLaughlin, Kroger, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Walmart, Walmart Foundation
2017, Issue 10-23-2017, Issues, News
NEW YORK — Community pharmacy operators continue to respond to an unprecedented string of natural disasters across the United States. CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite Aid Corp., Discount Drug Mart, Albertsons Cos., Kroger Co. and Walmart are among the community pharmacy operators contributing funds and other assistance. The Albertsons Cos. Foundation organized an in-store fund-raiser to
October 23, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, Hazel Smith, TIGI Cosmetics
2017, Issue 10-23-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has continued its rollout of premium and niche beauty brands with the introduction this month of some 60 products from Tigi Cosmetics at 2,000 CVS drug stores and on the CVS.com website. In addition, Tigi’s assortment will get high-visibility placement on the retailer’s “trend wall,” an innovation introduced this year
October 23, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Amazon, community pharmacy, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Jeff Bezos, Jeffrey Woldt, pharmacy market, prescription drug business, ScriptPath
2017, Featured Articles, Issue 10-23-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Speculation about the possible entry of Amazon into the prescription drug business has been abundant in recent weeks. Financial analysts and journalists have generated a steady stream of reports about what is planned by the e-commerce powerhouse which, beginning with books 23 years ago, has succeeded in disrupting established business patterns in one merchandise category
October 18, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Anthem Inc., Anthem's pharmacy business, Brian Griffin, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Express Scripts, IngenioRx, Larry Merlo, MinuteClinic, pharmacy benefit manager
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has signed a five-year agreement to provide services to support IngenioRx, a new pharmacy benefit manager formed by Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurer Anthem Inc. CVS said Wednesday that its CVS Caremark PBM division will manage certain services for IngenioRx, including claims processing and prescription fulfillment. In addition, CVS