January 9, 2024 by Steven Anderson
CEO National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Health care outlook 2024: Steve Anderson President
January 8, 2024, Opinion, Pharmacy
In the first of a two-part series, leaders of industry associations present their expectations for pharmacy operators for this year. The views of other organizations will appear in the next issue of Chain Drug Review. The Good to Great principles of author and consultant Jim Collins — a great friend of NACDS — stand the
January 27, 2023 by Steven Anderson
NACDS, The NACDS Regional Chain Conference
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
The NACDS Regional Chain Conference begins on Sunday. With it, the celebration of NACDS’ 90th Anniversary feels like it is about to launch for real. The members make NACDS, just as they have since the inaugural year of 1933. The Association shines when chains and suppliers join together in-person to do the work of the Association, of the
January 9, 2023 by Steven Anderson
CEO at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores., Steve Anderson is the president
January 9, 2023, Opinion
An article by McKinsey & Co. describes the current era with the words: “Return, Reimagine, Reinvent.” I cannot think of better positioning for our industry and for NACDS specifically in the association’s 90th Anniversary year. Our industry can look at the word “Return” from two angles. On one hand, NACDS chain and supplier members empowered
November 9, 2022 by Steven Anderson
NACDS
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson issued the following memo to NACDS members on the organization’s initial analysis of the 2022 federal and state elections: Although the results of the 2022 elections are still coming in, please find the enclosed initial analysis of the 2022 federal and state elections as of
November 7, 2022 by Steven Anderson
NACDS, Steve Anderson is president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson offered some thoughts on Election Day and NACDS RxIMPACT which appeared in a recent NACDS newsletter: Tuesday’s election will decide a lot – including 435 U.S. Representatives, 35 U.S. Senators, 36 Governors, and more than 6,000 state legislators. Control of the U.S. House of Representatives and
June 13, 2022 by Steven Anderson
NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson, NACDS RxIMPACT
June 13, 2022, Leading Headlines, Opinion
With primaries well under way and less than six months remaining until Election Day, the time is now for the people of pharmacy to make their voices heard. This year, the 2022 Congressional elections have unique dynamics — with tight margins in the Senate and House of Representatives, a significant number of retirements and individuals
December 1, 2021 by Steven Anderson
NACDS, NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson issued the following update to NACDS members on the Biden Administration’s vaccination and testing requirements: Yesterday, the Department of Labor issued an announcement pushing the comment deadline for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 testing/vaccine requirements, which applies to employers with
November 15, 2021 by Steven Anderson
NACDS, NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson issued the following memo to NACDS members on further court action on the Binden Administration’s vaccine and testing requirements on employers. In a further set-back to the Administration’s recently released COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for employers with 100 or more employees, the U.S. Court of
November 8, 2021 by Steven Anderson
NACDS, NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson issued the following memo to NACDS members on The Biden Administration’s effort to “to protect unvaccinated employees from the risks of COVID-19” in the workplace through vaccination and testing requirements. The Biden Administration’s effort to “to protect unvaccinated employees from the risks of COVID-19” in the
October 1, 2021 by Steven Anderson
NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson issued the following letter to NACDS members for American Pharmacists Month: So much can be said about the heroism of pharmacists who serve their communities each and every day. As October’s celebration of American Pharmacists Month arrives, I have been flooded by seemingly millions of thoughts
March 9, 2021 by Steven Anderson
Morning Consult, NACDS, NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Morning Consult today published the following op-ed piece on the anticipated re-introduction of the INFORM Consumers Act from NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson: For many Americans, pharmacies have been a trusted source of advice and essential products amid the uncertainty of the ongoing public health crisis, and members of the National Association
January 8, 2021 by Steven Anderson
NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson issued the following statement to NACDS members on the events in Washington D.C. this past week: Members of the NACDS staff team requested my personal thoughts about the events in our nation’s capital on Wednesday, January 6. The following is the text of an email
January 4, 2021 by Steven Anderson
NACDS, Steve Anderson
January 4, 2021, Pharmacy
You may have heard this one-liner popularized in 2020: “In 2015, everyone who answered the standard question ‘where do you see yourself in five years?’ got it wrong.” Given that few people in 2015 would have foreseen themselves five years later in a mask, in quarantine and confronting COVID-19’s many challenges, that comment describes well
December 17, 2020 by Steven Anderson
NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
NACDS launched its “Rise” ad on April 2. We pledged that NACDS members would be there for America during the pandemic – lights on, doors open – just as in prior emergencies. That ad rings as true today as it did when we launched it. For that, the amazing heroes of this industry – and many other