September 14, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Jay Inslee, naloxone, Tom Davis
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has made the opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone available without a prescription at all CVS Pharmacy locations in Washington state. CVS said Wednesday that under a collaborative agreement with a doctor in Washington, its pharmacists can exercise prescriptive authority to dispense the medication. CVS Pharmacy has nearly 40 stores in the
September 12, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
Albertsons, CVS Pharmacy, flu shots, flu vaccines, Jocelyn Konrad, Kroger, Mark Panzer, Meijer, MinuteClinic, Papatya Tankut, Philecia Avery, Richard Ashworth, Rite Aid, The Little Clinic, Tim Lesneski, Walgreens, Walgreens Healthcare Clinic
2016, Issue 09-12-2016, Issues, News
NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends an annual flu shot for everyone over the age of six months, and retail pharmacies across the nation are spreading the word of their ability to provide such health services. Walgreens is now offering flu shots at all of its pharmacies (including Duane Reade
September 12, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Brian Tilzer, CVS Pay, CVS Pharmacy, CVS Pharmacy mobile app, mobile payment
2016, Issue 09-12-2016, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has added a mobile payment tool to its app, expediting checkout. The tool, called CVS Pay, integrates payment, prescription pickup and the ExtraCare loyalty program in one scan. “Over the past year, our digital team has brought to market numerous new tools like CVS Pay that make shopping at CVS
September 7, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Kevin Counihan, Project Health, Troyen Brennan, video
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Videos
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has kicked off Project Health, its annual campaign to foster access to primary care and promote a preventive approach to health care. CVS said Wednesday that, from Sept. 8 to Dec. 18, it will provide nearly $8 million of free health services through more than 500 Project Health events at
September 6, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Helena Foulkes, James Masterson, Stand Up To Cancer, SU2C, Sue Schwartz
Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has launched an in-store fundraising campaign to benefit Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program that supports cancer research to facilitate new therapies and help save more lives. CVS said Tuesday that through Oct. 1, customers can make a $1, $3 or larger donation to SU2C at checkout in CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide
August 22, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Baton Rouge, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Pharmacy, Denham Springs, Eileen Howard Boone, mobile pharmacy
Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Over the weekend, CVS Pharmacy deployed a mobile pharmacy to serve customers of store damaged by the historic rainfall and flooding in greater Baton Rouge, La. CVS said it opened the mobile pharmacy on Saturday in the parking lot of its Denham Springs, La., store, which sustained water damage. The facility enabled
August 17, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, flu shot, MinuteClinic, Papatya Tankut
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Convenience and insurance coverage are chief factors for consumers in deciding where to get a flu shot, according to a poll from CVS Health. A Harris Poll online survey of 2,000 U.S. adults in July, conducted for CVS Pharmacy, found that 34% of respondents who have ever received the flu shot determine
August 12, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, Marcia Lee Taylor, naloxone, opioid overdose-reversal medication, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, prescription drug abuse, Tom Davis
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has begun providing naloxone, an opioid overdose-reversal medication, without a prescription at its drug stores in Idaho. CVS said Friday that its pharmacists will expand access to naloxone under prescriptive authority allowed by the state. The drug chain operates two stores in Idaho, in Nampa and Twin Falls. “Naloxone is
August 11, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Android Pay, Apple Pay, Brian Tilzer, CurrentC, CVS Health, CVS Pay, CVS Pharmacy, CVS Pharmacy app, CVS Pharmacy mobile app, Google Wallet, Merchant Customer Exchange, mobile payment
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News, Technology
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is piloting its own mobile payment tool called CVS Pay, designed to expedite the checkout process. CVS said Thursday that CVS Pay, part of the CVS Pharmacy mobile app, is an end-to-end solution that integrates payment, prescription pickup and the ExtraCare loyalty program all in one scan. So far, CVS
August 2, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Larry Merlo, Omnicare, Target Corp.
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Rising PBM and specialty pharmacy sales and recently acquired pharmacy businesses lifted revenue at CVS Health Corp. for the second quarter, with adjusted earnings per share topping Wall Street’s consensus forecast. CVS Health said Tuesday that for the second quarter ended June 30, sales climbed 17.6% to $43.73 billion from $37.17 billion
July 29, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Adapt Pharma, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, naloxone, Narcan Nasal Spray, pharmacy professional practices, prescription drug abuse, Seamus Mulligan, Tom Davis
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has partnered with Adapt Pharma to make the opioid overdose-reversal nasal spray Narcan more affordable for uninsured patients at CVS Pharmacy stores. CVS said Friday that patients buying Narcan Nasal Spray (naloxone HCl) without insurance will get a $35 discount coupon, lowering the out-of-pocket cost by nearly 25%. Under its
July 25, 2016 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
better-for-you foods and snacks, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS’ Fit Choices, healthier food, Judy Sansone
2016, Issue 07-25-2016, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is deploying its expanded assortment of healthier food and beverages to more than 2,900 CVS Pharmacy stores across the nation. The assortment was piloted in an initial 500 locations last year. CVS is now implementing the expanded healthy food offerings in 100 stores each week through the end of the
July 25, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, Fruth Pharmacy, Ken Martindale, Lynne Fruth, Rite Aid, West Virginia flood
2016, Issue 07-25-2016, Issues, News
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Lynne Fruth, president and chairman of Fruth Pharmacy, admits she and her business were among the fortunate ones emerging from the devastation wrought by massive flooding that struck nearby Elkview, W.Va., and several other towns in that state in late June. “There was disaster all around us, but our new store
July 7, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, mobile pharmacy, Scott Wasikowski, West Virginia
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has set up a mobile pharmacy in Elkview, W.Va., to serve residents impacted by the severe flooding that devastated the area late last month. Opened on Wednesday, the mobile pharmacy enables area residents to pick up their prescriptions, buy a variety of over-the-counter medicines and receive immunizations, such as Tdap