September 14, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Albertsons, American Red Cross, Charles Grom, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Pharmacy, First Data, Genoa, Gordon Haskett, Hurricane Irma, Publix, Target Corp., Walgreens, Walmart, Winn-Dixie
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NEW YORK — Retailers stepped forward to help with relief efforts for Hurricane Irma even as they continued their own recovery efforts to get stores and other facilities back into operation. Across Florida, where Irma made landfall in the continental United States last Saturday, drug chains, supermarkets and mass merchandisers shuttered stores as winds topping
September 13, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alisa Ulrey, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Neeraj Kanwal, ProMedica, ProMedica Pharmacy Counter, The Pharmacy Counter
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is acquiring six outpatient pharmacy locations in Ohio from the ProMedica health system. Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. CVS said Wednesday that it plans to convert two Toledo locations — The Pharmacy Counter on S. Byrne Road and ProMedica Pharmacy Counter on Navarre Avenue — to CVS Pharmacy
September 7, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Over the coming weeks, CVS Pharmacy plans to roll out automated vending machines selling “better-for-you” snacks, personal care items and over-the-counter health products in high-traffic public venues. CVS said Thursday that the first 25 CVS Pharmacy vending machines will be deployed in New England and New York through the end of October.
September 6, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy is set to launch its annual free health screening campaign, Project Health. CVS said Wednesday that from Sept. 7 to Dec. 17, it plans to hold 450 Project Health wellness events and provide more than $5 million of free health services at CVS Pharmacy locations in 10 multicultural communities with
September 5, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
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DALLAS — Building on a successful retail debut this spring at Amazon.com, Eosera Inc. has launched its Earwax MD earwax removal solution nationwide at CVS Pharmacy stores. Elyse Dickerson, co-founder and chief executive officer of Eosera, said between 6,000 and 7,000 CVS locations are now carrying Earwax MD, which began appearing on shelves in the
September 4, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, H-E-B, Hurricane Harvey, mobile pharmacies, Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
HOUSTON — The number of pharmacies that Hurricane Harvey forced to close — at least temporarily — ran into the hundreds late last month as the mammoth storm pounded southeast Texas. Drug chains, mass merchandisers and supermarketers shuttered stores with prescription counters throughout the region as Harvey battered the area with high winds and rain
September 4, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Everett Moore, Fagen Pharmacy, Gerald Fagen
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
DEMOTTE, Ind. — CVS Health has agreed to purchase 20-store Fagen Pharmacy. Terms were not disclosed. Plans call for eight of the stores to be converted and rebannered to CVS Pharmacy by late September. The other 12 are slated to be closed, with their prescription files transferring to nearby CVS pharmacies. The outlets to be
September 4, 2017 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review
chain drug retailing, CVS Pharmacy, David Pinto, regional drug chains, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, Opinion
The current year is two-thirds finished, and the good news is most notable by its absence. Sales are soft, earnings elusive. Hot new items are few and far between. Growth is nowhere to be seen. Meaningful executive job shifts have been all but absent. Mergers and acquisitions have failed to materialize — and even those
August 29, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS MinuteClinic, CVS Pharmacy, Franciscan Health, Kevin Leahy, MinuteClinic, Sharon Vitti
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Regional health care system Franciscan Health has formed a clinical affiliation with CVS Health. Under the clinical collaboration, Franciscan Health patients in Indiana and Illinois will have access to clinical support, medication counseling, chronic disease monitoring and wellness programs at CVS Pharmacy drug stores and CVS MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics. CVS Health
August 28, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
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HOUSTON — Along with residents, retailers in southeast Texas were pounded by Hurricane Harvey as the storm drenched the region with historical levels of rainfall. The hurricane, which hit the Texas Gulf Coast on Friday and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused massive flooding throughout the region and forced hundreds of pharmacies
August 25, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
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Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — With Hurricane Harvey set to strike the Texas Gulf Coast, CVS Pharmacy is helping customers be prepared for the storm, including their prescription drug needs. CVS on Friday urged pharmacy patients to check with their local store to make sure they enough medication for the duration of the hurricane. “In light of
August 17, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, Doc's Drugs, Everett Moore, Fagen Pharmacy, Gerald Fagen
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy plans to acquire DeMotte, Ind.-based regional drug chain Fagen Pharmacy. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. CVS said it agreed to buy 20 Fagen drug stores in northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois. Plans call for eight of the Fagen stores to be converted and rebannered to CVS Pharmacy locations
August 16, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Angela Patterson, annual flu shot, CVS Pharmacy, MinuteClinic, Papatya Tankut
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — More Americans are now opting for an annual flu shot versus a year ago, according to a Harris Poll survey conducted for CVS Pharmacy. CVS said Wednesday that the Harris poll of 2,074 U.S. adults found that 61% get a flu vaccination each year or plan to get one this year, up
August 7, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Alere eScreen Occupational Health Network, Cleveland Clinic, CVS Health, CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic, CVS Pharmacy, Michael Rabovsky, MinuteClinic, Sharon Vitti
2017, Issue 08-07-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic have expanded their eight-year clinical affiliation to enhance access to care for patients throughout Northeast Ohio and Florida, as well as improve quality, coordinated delivery of care and health outcomes for patients. “Our clinical collaboration with Cleveland Clinic has successfully increased access to care for thousands of