September 8, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Allscripts, DrFirst, G. Cameron Deemer, Jay Bhattacharyya, OptumRx, PreCheck MyScript, Sam Ho, UnitedHealthcare
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When a doctor prescribes a medication to a patient, neither party wants to be wondering about drug cost and coverage — an all-too-common situation that all too often makes things more difficult for the pharmacist as well. UnitedHealthcare and its OptumRx PBM aim to help reduce that occurrence with PreCheck MyScript, a new online solution
September 1, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Hurricane Harvey, Walgreens
CDR Blog
Surely jarred by the news images of massive flooding across the Texas Gulf Coast region, Walgreens customers are responding with a growing stream of donations to the American Red Cross relief effort for Hurricane Harvey. Just a day after announcing the donation program at Walgreens and Duane Reade store checkouts on Tuesday, the company reported
August 30, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Amazon, Amazon Prime, AmazonFresh, David Sprinkle, food and beverage market, food and beverages sales, food retailers, Packaged Facts, Whole Foods Market
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Amazon’s closing of the Whole Foods Market acquisition this week is sure to add to brick-and-mortar retailers’ anxiety about the e-tailing giant’s ongoing march into traditional retail channels. Speculation about a potential move by Amazon into the pharmacy space has disquieted drug chains and other retail pharmacy players. But the online retailer’s grocery market entry
August 23, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health Foundation, Eileen Howard Boone, future pharmacists, Hannah Fish, Pharmacy Quality Alliance, PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars, PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars Program
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As pharmacy care models refocus on the quality rather than the quantity of care, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance and CVS Health Foundation are doing their part to prepare future pharmacists. The two organizations have ushered in the 2017-18 class of PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars. Now in year two, the program supports and recognizes pharmacy student
August 18, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Avalere-NACDS study, Clinical Therapeutics, flu immunization rates, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, pharmacy-administered flu shots, Steve Anderson
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Pharmacy-administered flu shots are helping to lift influenza immunization rates, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. The association said an article published in Clinical Therapeutics highlights an Avalere-NACDS study finding that as pharmacists were granted authority by states to administer flu vaccines, influenza vaccinations rates edged up. Specially, the study revealed that
August 15, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Brian Krzanich, Doug McMillon, Kenneth Frazier, Kevin Plank, President Donald Trump, protests in Charlottesville, Walmart
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Add Walmart’s Doug McMillon to the list of chief executives concerned about President Donald Trump’s response to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Va. In a statement posted Tuesday on a Walmart website, McMillon wrote, “The role we play in communities around the country to build a more diverse and inclusive society is more critical than
August 14, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Kenneth Frazier, Merck, President Donald Trump, protests in Charlottesville
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Amid the shakeout from President Donald Trump’s statements on the violence erupting in protests in Charlottesville, Va., Merck & Co. chairman and CEO Kenneth Frazier said he’s leaving the President’s American Manufacturing Council. Frazier said in a statement posted on Twitter early Monday morning, “I am resigning from the President’s American Manufacturing Council. Our country’s
August 11, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Walmart, Walmart big data, Walmart pharmacies
CDR Blog
Like many companies, Walmart is leverage big data to improve its operations. That includes efforts ranging from improving customer service at its pharmacies and at checkout to optimizing product assortment. In a posting on the Walmart blog this week, the retailer said, “Big data is an essential part of the strategy of many companies, and
July 31, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
EnvisionRx, EnvisionRxOptions, Health Dialog, John Standley, RediClinic, Rite Aid, Rite Aid Health Alliance, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger
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Investments made in recent years put Rite Aid in a better position to rebound from the terminated deal to be acquired by Walgreens Boots Alliance. Rite Aid’s acquisitions of retail clinic operator RediClinic, health care management specialist Health Dialog and pharmacy benefit manager EnvisionRx give it more options as its leadership considers the company’s future
July 21, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS MinuteClinic, Gina Raimondo, Larry Merlo, National Governors Association 2017 summer meeting, Office of National Drug Control Policy, opioid abuse, Richard Baum
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CVS Health president and CEO Larry Merlo recently shared his insights on health care with the nation’s governors. At the National Governors Association 2017 summer meeting in Providence, R.I., Merlo explained how elements of CVS’ integrated model — with retail/long-term care pharmacy, pharmacy benefits management and walk-in clinic unit — could be applied within states
July 14, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Publix pharmacies, Publix Pharmacy, Publix Super Markets
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Publix Super Markets Inc. has reached a milepost with the opening of its 1,000th pharmacy. The pharmacy is inside Publix’s new store at the Arcadia Crossings Shopping Center in Arcadia, Fla., located outside Port Charlotte about midway between Bradenton-Sarasota and Lake Okeechobee. Overall, employee-owned Publix operates 1,147 supermarkets in Florida (which has 773 of the
July 14, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Craig Dubitsky, Hello Products, video, Walmart
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Hello Products LLC has been featured in Walmart’s campaign on its initiative to spend $250 billion on U.S.-made products through 2023. The “naturally friendly” oral care company, based in Montclair, N.J., manufactures toothpaste for adults and kids, as well as toothbrushes and breath spray. “We think this is a really big deal for many reasons,
July 7, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Federal Trade Commission, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger
CDR Blog
Today would have been the day for the Federal Trade Commission to issue a decision on the Walgreens-Rite Aid merger, had Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid Corp. not elected to scuttle the deal and unveil a downsized transaction eight days ago. Both companies said that, based on signals from the FTC, they thought WBA’s
June 9, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
AAM, Alex Brill, Association for Accessible Medicines, Chip Davis, Matrix Global Advisors, new generic drugs, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, PhRMA, REMS, REMS and Restricted Distribution Programs, Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies
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The Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) said a new report shows that abuse of the Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies (REMS) safety program is hampering the market entry of new generic drugs. This week, AAM said a report by Alex Brill, CEO of economic policy consultancy Matrix Global Advisors, titled “REMS and