February 15, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, NACDS, opioid abuse crisis, Steve Anderson
February 15, 2021, News
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) rulemaking that implements a 2016 law allowing for the partial filling of Schedule II controlled substances is a necessary step to help address the opioid abuse epidemic, yet changes are recommended to ensure success, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. NACDS submitted comments this
February 15, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), Wendy Liebmann, WSL Strategic Retail
February 15, 2021, News
ARLINGTON, Va. — In a recent webinar sponsored by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Wendy Liebmann, chief executive officer and chief shopper at WSL Strategic Retail, discussed how shoppers have been, and are being, transformed by the pandemic and offered insights on how retailers are responding and need to respond to meet the
February 15, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccine, CVS, Walgreens
February 15, 2021, News
NEW YORK — With a flicker of light at the end of what has been a very dark and long tunnel, the country can begin returning to normalcy in a few months so long as we keep swinging at and hitting the right targets, according to chief COVID adviser to the White House Dr. Anthony
February 15, 2021 by David Pinto
Edwin Levin, Pawkway Drugs
February 15, 2021, Opinion
GLENCOE, Ill. — This is a story about Edwin Levin, an 82-year-old native of Chicago’s northern suburbs. Levin, a registered pharmacist, has spent much of his life behind or in front of various prescription counters, dispensing prescriptions, offering advice and generally doing what the most accomplished people in his profession routinely do: advise and counsel
February 15, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Roz Brewer, Stefano Pessina, WBA
February 15, 2021, Opinion
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Stefano Pessina is bullish about the future of Walgreens Boots Alliance in the wake of Rosalind Brewer’s appointment to succeed him as the company’s chief executive officer. A former CEO of Walmart’s Sam’s Club division and currently chief operating officer and group president at Starbucks Corp., Brewer will join WBA on March
February 15, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Amerisource Bergen
February 15, 2021, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Two decades ago AmeriSource Health merged with Bergen Brunswig to form AmerisourceBergen, one of the nation’s premier pharmaceutical distributors. Today the company, now a $185 billion global diversified health care services provider, is working to forge closer ties with its biggest customers in a bid to improve patient care and drive business.