SAN DIEGO — A top priority of retailers in this volatile COVID-19 environment is ensuring the safety of everyone in their stores. To support this effort, Indyme, a leading provider of shopper engagement and loss prevention technologies, introduces SmartDome. This new device heightens real-time awareness of social distancing in retail stores – especially in areas
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Clinical Trial Media, a data-driven, global patient recruitment and retention company offering a wide variety of services for clinical trials, announced the debut of a new website, Covid19ClinicalTrial.com. The website is designed to help average people make sense of the ever-changing research landscape of the global COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. The website
DEERFIELD, Ill. — To address the rising need for home delivery, Walgreens and Postmates have expanded on-demand delivery to now service consumers nationwide. With this expansion, consumers in cities across the country can get health and wellness items, including select over-the-counter medications, and other household essentials and convenience products they need delivered to them from
SAN DIEGO — As coronavirus cases surge nationwide, retail pharmacies are facing incredibly difficult circumstances: they must continue to dispense vital medications to their patients, and fight the spread of COVID-19— while keeping both employees and patients as safe as possible. To address this challenge, RxSafe has launched ViralGuardRx, a protective shield that creates a
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced the company and its foundations are giving more than $1 million in new investments to address food insecurity and other community needs in response to ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The CVS Health Foundation will also match up to $1 million in employee contributions to the CVS
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Johnson & Johnson has announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on since January 2020; the significant expansion of the existing partnership between the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA); and the rapid scaling of
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. — BD (Becton, Dickinson) and BioMedomics announced the release of a new point-of-care test that can detect antibodies in blood to confirm current or past exposure to COVID-19 in as little as 15 minutes. The new test, developed and manufactured by BioMedomics, will be available through BD and distributed exclusively by Henry Schein, Inc.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Local pharmacists overwhelmingly disagree with recent actions by some states to limit the dispensing of a well-established malaria drug as a possible treatment for COVID-19, a new national survey shows. “Our members are clearly worried that this has become a political football,” said B. Douglas Hoey, CEO of the National Community Pharmacists
NOVI, Michigan — In business since 1926, Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) has been providing a wide selection of trusted, high-quality private label products for the past 25 years to small and independent drug store chains, pharmacies, convenience stores, and grocery stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and most recently, Africa. To
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — As schools remain closed across the region due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Hy-Vee will start offering its Hy-Vee KidsFit program online by streaming a free, daily 15- to 20-minute video to share fun, physical activities with children and families. In addition to keeping kids moving and active, the
STERLING, Ill. —In the wake of sweeping COVID-19 changes like social distancing and the shuttering of businesses, Americans are getting proactive. Searches on ‘How-To’ content are surging, whether it’s for recipes, cleaning tips — or home haircutting. Americans are picking up clippers, many for the first time. And for those wanting a little more confidence,
CINCINNATI — P&G has made a commitment to use its innovation, marketing and manufacturing expertise to directly support its communities, families and people for the greater good amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Times like this truly call for a sense of unification, support and teamwork as people all over the world unite to combat this pandemic. Here’
SOLON, Ohio — ECRM is introducing a technological solution designed to allow retailers and their buyers to maintain connections despite travel restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Efficient Supplier Introductions (ESI) are category-specific live virtual experiences during which suppliers present their products directly to category buyers. “When the coronavirus pandemic started gaining momentum,
KANSAS CITY — Hallmark Cards announced Friday it is donating one million cards to encourage people to send to friends, family and others who now, more than ever, need to feel loved and supported amid COVID-19 outbreak. Whether it’s sent to a loved one, neighbor, senior center or a healthcare worker, a card is a
