September 9, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 09-12-2011, News
BOSTON — Bartell Drugs chief operating officer Ed Littleton was the recipient of this year’s Harold W. Pratt Award at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy & Technology Conference here. Littleton has spent more than four decades in chain drug retailing, including the last 20 years with Seattle-based Bartell. Prior to that, he
September 9, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 09-12-2011, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreen Co. has named Thomas Sabatino Jr. as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. The 52-year-old Sabatino, who has previously been general counsel for United Airlines Inc., Schering-Plough Corp., Baxter International Inc. and American Medical International Inc., replaces Dana Green, who recently retired after 37 years with Walgreens. Executives praised
September 9, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 09-12-2011, Opinion
The final goodbyes have been said, the last stories told. Only the memories of Charlie Bowlus linger, the memories of the personality behind the organization that charted new directions, opened new windows, explored new possibilities and developed new ways of doing business. Only the sadness lingers. And the laughter. Suddenly, the talk is all about
September 9, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 09-12-2011, Opinion
The talk surrounding Hurricane Irene’s impact on the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy and Technology Conference obscures what’s important. The real news coming out of the event is that the profession appears to be on the cusp of achieving some long-sought-after goals that will raise its standing and make it a more integral
September 9, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 09-12-2011, Issues
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Citing a potential anticompetitive impact on patients, consumers, the market “and the entire health care delivery system,” the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) have written to the Federal Trade Commission to formally express their opposition to the proposed merger of pharmacy benefit managers Express
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
ATLANTA — A federal appeals panel has struck down the core component of President Obama’s health care overhaul, shifting the question of whether Americans can be required to buy health insurance a step closer to the Supreme Court. A divided three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Congress overstepped its authority
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (SDM) has appointed Dr. Dorian Lo as executive vice president of pharmacy and health care, and in that position he will lead the company’s pharmacy department and health solutions team. Lo’s career spans health care and pharmacy in both Canada and the United States. He graduated from the University
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has unveiled a new value-oriented store brand chainwide. Called Nice!, the brand includes more than 400 grocery and household products at prices up to 30% below those of national brands. The 7,750-store chain plans to have most Nice! products on shelves by early 2012. Many of the items go beyond what
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
WASHINGTON — The generic drug industry and the Food and Drug Administration have reached tentative agreement to establish a user fee program in which companies would pay as much as $299 million initially to hasten drug approvals and increase the frequency of FDA inspections of foreign drug plants. Since discussions between the industry and the
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Retail veteran Ken Keelor has been named chief merchandising officer at Katz Group. In that role, Keelor will oversee all merchandising and marketing functions for the Rexall family of pharmacies. Before joining Katz, he held a number of executive positions over 10 years at multibanner Canadian grocery chain Sobeys Inc. He most
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
NEW YORK — Before there is a dazzling store, there has to be a magnificent space. Duane Reade had such a space at 40 Wall Street, and it shows in the chain’s bold new drug store there. The fantastic architectural detail at the lower Manhattan skyscraper — including archways, tall windows and David Rockefeller’s office
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
WASHINGTON — Pharmacy groups have joined a pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court to determine if cuts to the reimbursement rates paid under Medicaid violate federal law. In a brief filed with the Court earlier this month, the American Pharmacists Association, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association and National Alliance
August 31, 2011 by Chain Drug Review
Issue 08-29-2011, News
NEW YORK — Charlie Bowlus is being remembered by chain drug and manufacturing executives as much for his disarming warmth and sincerity as for breaking new ground in retailer-supplier relations. Bowlus, founder and chief executive officer of ECRM, died this month of complications from emergency surgery. He was 64. He would not want to be