ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores said it’s ready to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Trump on Tuesday named U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R., Ga.) as HHS secretary and Seema
ARLINGTON, Va. — The chain drug industry upheld its base of pharmacy advocates in Congress despite “one of the most tumultuous election cycles in modern times,” said National Association of Chain Drug Stores president and chief executive officer Steve Anderson. In a memo this week to NACDS members, Anderson said the bipartisan NACDS Political Action
Ornella Barra, co-chief operating officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, accepted a United Nations Foundation 2016 Global Leadership Award on behalf of the company at a ceremony in Manhattan. WBA was recognized for its “Get a Shot. Give a Shot.” vaccination campaign, which donates a polio or measles vaccine to a child in need for every
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is partnering with the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin to advance a new practice model for improving patient access to quality and efficient care and extending pharmacy in a broader health care setting. The pilot project, Advancing Community Pharmacy Quality: Leveraging Tech-Check-Tech to Expand Patient Care
Steve Anderson joined a select group of business leaders last month when he was recognized as trade association CEO of the year. As only the third winner of the honor, part of the Association Leadership Awards sponsored by CEO Update, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores president and chief executive officer earned a distinction
NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson received the 2016 Trade Association CEO of the Year award from CEO Update magazine at the Association Leadership Awards luncheon last week in Washington, D.C. In a video interview with Mark Graham, managing director of CEO Update, Anderson talks about his passion for education, his favorite school subject and the hardest
Steve Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, was presented CEO Update magazine’s 2016 Trade Association CEO of the Year award. Anderson — just the third CEO to receive the honor — received the award Thursday at CEO Update’s 2016 Association Leadership Awards luncheon, held at the new Trump
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has promoted Thomas O’Donnell to senior vice president of government affairs and public policy. O’Donnell reports to NACDS president and chief executive officer Steve Anderson. O’Donnell has been with NACDS since mid-2012, when he was hired for the position of vice president for federal government
BOSTON — Pharmacy-based health care can help the U.S. meet an array of socioeconomic challenges, Martin Otto, chief merchant and chief financial officer of H-E-B, said at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo. Otto, who is also chairman of NACDS, said that access to pharmacy patient care can help reverse increases
The NACDS Total Store Expo in Boston last month has several claims to distinction. In its fourth year, the event — which brings together aspects of the industry that the association previously addressed in three separate shows — hit its stride in terms of fostering interaction between retailers and suppliers, with the Meet the Market
ARLINGTON, Va. — Thomas O’Donnell has been promoted to senior vice president of government affairs and public policy at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. NACDS said Thursday that O’Donnell, previously vice president of federal government affairs, will now report to NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson. Since joining NACDS as vice president of federal
The 2016 NACDS Total Store Expo in Boston drew some 5,500 participants and 735 exhibitors, and the annual event “makes a real positive difference in terms of our businesses’ ability to serve our customers,” according to National Association of Chain Drug Stores chairman Martin Otto. “What we are accomplishing together can ultimately make a tremendous
ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) are holding a live webinar on vaccinations for adolescents. Titled “Vaccines for Preteens and Teens: The Importance of Timely Vaccination for All Adolescents,” the webinar will be presented on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at noon ET. The webinar,
SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs and QFC Pharmacy, the pharmacy arm of Kroger Co.’s QFC Stores supermarket chain, have launched projects to test models for pharmacy-provided immunizations. As part of a National Association of Chain Drug Stores initiative announced in late July, Bartell and QFC are partnering with the University of Washington School of Pharmacy (UWSOP)
