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MIAMI — Navarro Discount Pharmacy has strengthened its management team with the hiring of three new executives. The Miami-area drug store chain has named Kevin Shiplett as senior vice president of wholesale and business development, Paul DiBrito as director of real estate and construction and Emilio Yepez as director of e-commerce. “The addition of these
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has launched Rite Aid Online Care, a new service that enables patients with chronic conditions to engage in live, interactive consultations with specially trained Rite Aid pharmacists via the Internet. Patients can access Rite Aid Online Care, unveiled earlier this month at the American Diabetes Association Expo in
BOULDER, Colo. — Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has established an Integrative Health Advisory Board. Members of the panel, all medical doctors, will contribute their expertise to help Pharmaca inform consumers, health care professionals and the media about safe, effective use of integrative medicine. According to the pharmacy chain, integrative medicine encourages people to “fully engage in
NEW YORK — Walk-in health clinics at Duane Reade can now accept Medicare payments for routine health services provided to senior citizens. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has certified New York Walk-In Medical Group to receive payments for services under the Medicare program. The medical practice group runs Duane Reade’s DR Doctor On-Premises
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has called on the Food and Drug Administration to improve the usefulness of medication information that patients get with prescription drugs. NACDS outlined its views in a recent letter to the agency. The letter supplemented testimony that was delivered by the association at an FDA
MILTON, Ontario — Executives at Katz Group say the company’s six Rexall Healthy Living stores are aimed at “helping Canadians live their healthiest.” The newest of those drug stores opened here last month and is the third Rexall Healthy Living unit in the Toronto area. The others are in Calgary, Alberta, and Kelowna, British Columbia.
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Published reports late last month said Walgreen Co. is looking to sell its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) business and has hired an adviser to run an auction. Citing people with knowledge of the matter, several news agencies said the drug chain has hired Bank of America Corp. to handle the sale of
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) has turned to a trade association veteran with a proven track record to lead it into the future. Former Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) president and chief executive officer Kathleen Jaeger was named NCPA executive vice president and chief executive officer at the association’s 112th Annual Convention
RALEIGH, N.C. — While national drug chains are successful at what they do, there is another approach to pharmacy, says Kerr Drug president and chief executive Tony Civello. That approach is exemplified by Kerr’s forward-looking Community Healthcare Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., which emphasizes clinical pharmacy over prescription fulfillment. Pharmacists at the store and other
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Kinney Drugs has seen a spike in the number of patients using its extensive roster of pharmacy services since the 92-store chain began promoting the offerings last month, executives say. While most of the services — including immunizations, medication therapy management, automatic refills, compliance programs and home delivery of prescriptions — have
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has hailed an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) as further validation of the need for public policy to embrace pharmacists’ expertise in helping patients take their medications correctly. The association says the article supports its ongoing campaign to raise awareness
NEW YORK — Drug chains and their business partners are providing unique programs and services in recognition of American Diabetes Month. CVS Caremark Corp.’s MinuteClinic health clinic subsidiary, for example, has teamed up with Bayer Diabetes Care to offer free A1c tests at its clinics in select CVS pharmacies nationwide through November 25. “Our goal
DEERFIELD, Ill. — The Walgreens Prescription Savings Club (PSC), a formulary of more than 8,000 branded and generic medications, is now accessible to doctors and other prescribing health care providers through a partnership between Walgreen Co. and Epocrates Inc. The initiative uses the health information technology provider’s mobile and online drug reference tools to help
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark Corp. has launched an application for customers using Apple Inc.’s iPhone and other mobile devices. Available as a free, downloadable application from iTunes and the Apple App Store, the CVS iPhone application gives customers access to the same features that are available through the CVS web site. Users of the
