DUBLIN, Ohio — The Cardinal Health Foundation and Ohio State University have launched a fourth tool kit, the latest version to help reduce prescription drug abuse on college campuses. To help combat the epidemic, the foundation and the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy have introduced Generation Rx University, the fourth in a series of interactive
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — AmerisourceBergen Corp. has agreed to sell AndersonBrecon, its contract packaging business, to affiliates of an investor group led by Frazier Healthcare VI, LP for $308 million. The transaction is expected to close by July. “We are pleased that AndersonBrecon will join well-established firms heavily invested in the health care services market,
Once again, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting, the seminal event in the mass retailing calendar, is upon us. Some 2,000 retail and supplier executives are now gathered in Palm Beach, Fla., to review and debate the impact of recent events, strategize and plan the immediate future, and discuss the state of
Members of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores have many reasons to be satisfied as the organization marks its 80th year. The pharmacies they operate are an essential component of the nation’s health care system, the value of the services they provide is garnering more recognition among payers and policy makers, and the balance
Despite the fact that the consumer packaged goods industry is predictable and stable — or perhaps because of it — there seem to be an inordinately high number of aspiring futurists out there. Industry pundits breathlessly trot out the latest trend for such concepts as shopper marketing, digital marketing, loyalty card analytics, big data and
It’s been said that if you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there. Change the word “road” to “aisle” and you have the retail world’s equivalent of the familiar adage. When visiting an unfamiliar store, consumers need a visual road map to help guide them through the assorted goods and
