March 15, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
March 15, 2021, News
NEW YORK — As the country races to build up enough herd immunity to finally defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, the momentum in distributing the volume of vaccines to meet that goal got a significant boost recently with news that the Food and Drug Administration approved the Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. Retailers
March 11, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, CVS Helath, Karen Lynch
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced Thursday that it has nearly doubled the number of states where select CVS Pharmacy locations are offering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible populations through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program (FRPP). The company is now administering vaccines in nearly 1,200 stores across 29 states and Puerto Rico incuding: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
March 11, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, CVS, Target
Leading Headlines, Retail News
MINNEAPOLIS —Target is partnering with CVS to distribute coronavirus vaccines at store locations across 17 states, the companies announced Wednesday. More than 600 CVS pharmacies within Target locations nationwide will be offering vaccinations to eligible people. “Our top priority since the onset of the pandemic: the health and safety of our team members, guests and
March 5, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, HDA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Supplier News
ARLINGTON, Va.— With the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson vaccine rolling out across the country and President Biden pledging to provide enough vaccines for every adult American by the end of May, healthcare distributors continue to play a central role in the nation’s vaccination efforts. This week, HDA and its members shared their perspective on these
March 5, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, IBM, Moderna, supply chain
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Technology
ARMONK, N.Y. — Moderna and IBM announced their intentions to explore technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and hybrid cloud, that could help support smarter COVID-19 vaccine management. Central to the effort will be a pilot of open, standardized, technology-enabled vaccine distribution approaches aimed to improve supply chain visibility and foster near real-time tracking of vaccine
February 24, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz, National Retail Federation president and CEO Matthew Shay, NRF
Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News
WASHINGTON – The National Retail Federation today issued its annual forecast, anticipating that retail sales will grow between 6.5% and 8.2% to more than $4.33 trillion in 2021 as more individuals get vaccinated and the economy reopens. “Despite the continuing health and economic challenges COVID-19 presents, we are very optimistic that healthy consumer fundamentals, pent-up
February 23, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
Ahmed Velez, COVID-19 vaccines, CVS Health
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
WOONSOCKET, R.I — In an ongoing effort to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines and help the country move forward from the pandemic, CVS Health today announced that it will begin to administer vaccines to eligible populations at 81 select CVS Pharmacy, CVS Pharmacy y ms, and Navarro Discount Pharmacy locations across Florida. The announcement was
February 16, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
Biden administration, COVID-19 vaccines
Pharmacy
WASHINGTON — According to published reports, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Biden administration will be increasing weekly shipments of COVID-19 vaccine doses to states, sending out 13.5 million this week, and doubling the amount going to retail pharmacies. As of last week, the administration was shipping out 11 million doses
February 8, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, NACDS
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Videos
ARLINGTON, Va. — Last Friday afternoon, NACDS conducted its second regular media briefing on COVID-19 vaccinations, and pharmacies’ role in the initiative. During the briefing, NACDS emphasized that pharmacies across America are prepared and have the experience to turn vaccine doses into vaccination appointments, and that the ramp-up will continue as the program is expanded
February 5, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, Kroger Co.
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
CINCINNATI —The Kroger Co. will provide a one-time payment of $100 to all associates who receive the full manufacturer-recommended doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition to the new vaccine payment, the company also announced an additional $50 millioninvestment to thank and reward associates across its 35-state footprint, including a $100 store credit and 1,000 fuel points for hourly
February 5, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, Southeastern Grocers Inc.
Leading Headlines, Retail News
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers Inc. is getting ready to administer about 8,100 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines throughout the state of Florida. SEG will begin to administer the free Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, February 11, to eligible recipients in select Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Más and Harveys Supermarket locations The grocer will initially offer the free
February 3, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, CureVac N.V, GSK
Pharmacy, Supplier News
NEW YORK— GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac N.V have announced a new €150m collaboration, building on their existing relationship, to jointly develop next generation mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 with the potential for a multi-valent approach to address multiple emerging variants in one vaccine. GSK will also support the manufacture of up to 100 million doses of CureVac’s
February 2, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, John Standley, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide a limited number of COVID-19 vaccinations across 15 states and jurisdictions as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. Vaccinations will begin in stores Feb. 12 to eligible individuals
February 2, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19 vaccines, CVS Health, Karen Lynch
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Beginning Thursday, February 11, CVS Health will start to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible populations at a limited number of CVS Pharmacy locations across 11 states. Supply for the initial rollout, which is sourced directly from the federal government through the pharmacy partnership program, will be approximately 250,000 total doses. As more