April 7, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 tes, COVID-19, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Dr. Troyen Brennan
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Building on learnings from the company’s pilot COVID-19 testing site launched in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in March, CVS Health on Tuesday announced the launch of a new rapid testing site in Lowell, Massachusetts in conjunction with federal and state officials. The site will provide Massachusetts residents with on-the-spot COVID-19 testing and results at
March 17, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19, CVS Pharmacy, Puerto Rico
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy is adjusting the operational hours for all its locations across Puerto Rico, in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order. Effective Monday, March 16, all CVS Pharmacy locations in Puerto Rico will open at 5 a.m.and close at 9 p.m. CVS Pharmacy 24-hour locations will continue to provide drive-through prescription services after 9 p.m. The following locations will offer
March 10, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
CVS, CVS Pharmacy, Jon Roberts CVS Health, Schnucks, Todd Schnuck
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy and Schnucks have entered into a definitive agreement for CVS Pharmacy and certain of its subsidiaries to acquire Schnuck Markets retail and specialty pharmacy businesses. Through this agreement, CVS Pharmacy and its subsidiaries will acquire and operate 99 of the grocer’s pharmacies and will brand them as CVS Pharmacy. Additionally,
January 21, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, Department of Health and Human Services, Rite Aid Corp., Walgreens
January 20, 2020, News
WASHINGTON — Walgreens, CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid Corp. have donated dispensing services for the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) new program expanding access to medication to prevent HIV. Beginning no later than March 30, as part of these donations, qualified patients can obtain medications for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) at more than 21,000
January 15, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, Dr. Alan Lotvin, HealthHUBs
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ATLANTA — CVS announced on Tuesday the roll out of HealthHUB, CVS Health’s new store design in 16 CVS Pharmacy locations across the community here. During a ribbon-cutting event at the company’s HealthHUB location at 687 Johnson Ferry Rd. in Marietta, the community celebrated the new, innovative store format that features a broader range of
January 13, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Dr. Alan Lotvin, HealthHUB, Jeffrey Schmidt
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HOUSTON — Individuals and families in Greater Houston can now experience health care that is simple, convenient and affordable with the debut of HealthHUB, CVS Health’s new store design in 15 CVS Pharmacy locations across the community. During a ribbon-cutting event at the company’s HealthHUB location at 5402 Westheimer Road in Houston, the community celebrated
December 16, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Dick Dakessian, time delay safes to help deter pharmacy robberies
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy announced Monday that it has completed the rollout of time delay safes in all of its 353 CVS Pharmacy locations in Virginia, including pharmacies located in Target stores. The safes are anticipated to help prevent pharmacy robberies and the diversion of controlled substance narcotic medications by keeping them out of
December 9, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Dick Dakessian, Safe Medication Disposal Program in West Virginia
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy announced Monday that it has completed the rollout of time delay safes in all of its 58 CVS Pharmacy locations in West Virginia, including pharmacies located in Target stores. The safes are anticipated to help prevent pharmacy robberies and the diversion of controlled substance narcotic medications by keeping them out
December 2, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
Brian Bosnic, CVS Pharmacy, time delay safes to help deter pharmacy robberies
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy announced Monday that it has completed the rollout of time delay safes in all of its 375 CVS Pharmacy locations in North Carolina, including pharmacies located in Target stores. The safes are anticipated to help prevent pharmacy robberies and the diversion of controlled substance narcotic medications by keeping them out
October 30, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, CVS Pharmacy celebrated the grand opening of its first-ever standalone store in Oregon, Kevin Hourican
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy celebrated the grand opening of its first-ever standalone store in Oregon with a ribbon cutting ceremony this week. The new store at 105 NW 13th Ave in Portland, OR, is the first of three retail locations to open in the Greater Portlandmarket in 2019, with one more store opening in
October 24, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Health's Safe Medication Disposal Program, CVS Pharmacy, free safe medication disposal option, October 26 is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Thomas Moriarty
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced Thursday that all CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide will offer customers a free safe medication disposal option, beginning in 2020. The company will add 1,000 in-store safe medication disposal units to the more than 1,700 units currently in CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide. It will also donate up to 400 additional
October 23, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
BeautyIRL, CVS and Glamsquad partnership, CVS Pharmacy
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy announced the expansion of BeautyIRL, its highly interactive beauty department, into nearly 50 stores by the end of 2019. The store concept, which is designed to encourage the discovery of new brands and trends will launch in key markets including New York City, Los Angeles, Miami and Boston. The expanded
October 21, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, safe medication disposal program, Tom Davis
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
BOSTON — In its continuing commitment to help build healthier communities, CVS Health announced the expansion of its safe medication disposal program, giving customers access to safer, easier and more convenient drug disposal options at every CVS Pharmacy location in Massachusetts at no cost. As part of its expanded efforts, the company announced the completed
September 30, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS, CVS Pharmacy, nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), ranitidine, Zantac
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has suspended the sale of all Zantac brand and CVS Health brand ranitidine products until further notice. This action is being taken out of an abundance of caution due to a recent Product Alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that ranitidine products may contain a low level