April 21, 2020 by Kathi Lentzsch
Bartell Drugs, COVID-19, Kathi Lentzsch
April 13, 2020, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. For 130 years and counting, Bartell Drugs has always been ready to help the communities it serves in the Seattle and Tacoma area. During this difficult time now, Bartell’s is doing no less than it always
April 21, 2020 by Kirk Kaminsky
COVID-19, Kirk Kaminsky, McKesson Corp.
April 13, 2020, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. During these challenging times, McKesson plays a critical role in the health care supply chain, helping to deliver essential medicines and supplies to the people who need them most. As one of the largest health care
April 20, 2020 by Erin Horvath
AmerisourceBergen, COVID-19, Erin Horvath
April 13, 2020, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. At AmerisourceBergen, we are driven to deliver — during “blue skies” and in times of immense need. There’s no question that the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has challenged our health care system, including the pharmaceutical supply chain,
April 20, 2020 by Steven Anderson
COVID-19, NACDS, NACDS president and chief executive officer Steven Anderson
April 13, 2020, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. I appreciate the chance to report to the Chain Drug Review community on NACDS’ COVID-19 response. NACDS and CDR have much in common, including many of the retailer and supplier companies and team members whom we
April 17, 2020 by Heyward Donigan
COVID-19, Heyward Donigan, Rite Aid
April 13, 2020, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. As the COVID-19 pandemic shutters schools, clears freeways and shuts down entire cities, more than 50,000 Rite Aid associates have found themselves on the front lines of a once-in-a-generation public health crisis. We’re living our mission
April 16, 2020 by Alex Gourlay
Alex Gourlay, coronavirus, COVID-19, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. I have worked in pharmacies for more than 40 years, and I’m a pharmacist myself. I’ve never known a situation like what we’ve experienced over recent weeks with the COVID-19 crisis. None of us has. This
April 15, 2020 by Larry Merlo
COVID-19, CVS, CVS Health, Larry Merlo
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. This past month — for all Americans — has been unlike any other experienced in our lifetimes. The heroic efforts of health care professionals and others on the front lines of the pandemic have been
April 14, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
Covid, Heyward Donigan, Rite Aid, White House Coronavirus Task Force
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid plans to expand COVID-19 testing sites as part of its partnership with the White House Coronavirus Task Force. In addition to the current testing site in Philadelphia, Rite Aid has added a new location, at a Rite Aid store located at 2604 Linglestown Road in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In coordination
April 13, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
Clint Mahlman, COVID-19, London Drugs, United Way
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
RICHMOND, B.C.– London Drugs is expanding its community support program launched a few weeks ago, to continue to help more seniors and vulnerable individuals who are self isolating. Starting in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley with potential expansion to more areas, a new collaboration with United Way connects ready and willing volunteers with vulnerable
April 9, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19, Richard Ashworth, telehealth, Walgreens, Walgreens Find Care
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens announced on Thursday the expansion of the Walgreens Find Care platform to include new features and telehealth service providers, connecting patients and customers with more options to get convenient and affordable access to care from their computers and mobile devices. The launch of additional features and providers on Walgreens Find Care
April 8, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19, NACDS, Steven Anderson
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
WASHINGTON — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) welcomed on Wednesday new federal guidance authorizing licensed pharmacists to order and administer COVID-19 tests that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, issued the guidance under the Public Readiness
April 7, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
Abbott’s new ID NOW COVID-19 test, COVID-19, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Furthering its commitment to provide greater access to COVID-19 testing and community resources, Walgreens is working to expand drive-thru testing to 15 new sites in seven states, the company announced Tuesday. The states included are Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. The expansion is a next step building on Walgreens’
April 7, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 tes, COVID-19, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Dr. Troyen Brennan
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Building on learnings from the company’s pilot COVID-19 testing site launched in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in March, CVS Health on Tuesday announced the launch of a new rapid testing site in Lowell, Massachusetts in conjunction with federal and state officials. The site will provide Massachusetts residents with on-the-spot COVID-19 testing and results at
April 6, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19, CVS Health, Dr. Troyen Brennan
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — To help support local communities and the overall health care system in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, CVS Health has joined forces with federal and state officials to announce the opening of rapid COVID-19 drive-through testing sites in Georgia and Rhode Island. The test sites will bolster state efforts to manage the spread of the