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CVS, Rite Aid stores damaged in Baltimore riots

NEW YORK — CVS Health and Rite Aid Corp. have closed stores in Baltimore that were damaged in the city’s ongoing riots. A CVS spokeswoman said Wednesday that two CVS/pharmacy stores sustained heavy damage from the rioting and have been closed, and no employees or customers were harmed. Five CVS stores were affected by the protests, which began on Monday, and the company

CVS/pharmacy plans promo for store brands

CVS/pharmacy plans promo for store brands

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy is set to kick off “Fill Your Bag,” a chainwide promotion offering shoppers savings on CVS brand products, as well as select exclusive product lines. CVS said Wednesday that the promotion will run in-store and online from April 26 to May 23. To participate, members of the ExtraCare loyalty program scan

Coca-Cola, CVS take part in N.C. fitness challenge

RALEIGH, N.C. — Coca-Cola and CVS/pharmacy are among the participants in the Fit Family Challenge, a healthy living initiative launched in North Carolina. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated said that North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory joined with Coca-Cola, CVS, Carolina, Piedmont and Charlotte Parent magazines on Tuesday to kick off the effort, a free program open

CVS forms new clinical affiliations in Illinois, Arizona

CVS forms new clinical affiliations in Illinois, Arizona

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has entered into clinical affiliations with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., and its Arizona Connected Care accountable care organization. CVS said Tuesday that through the clinical collaborations it will provide prescription and visit information to the health providers via the integration of

CVS/pharmacy’s Foulkes to be honored by TS Alliance

CVS/pharmacy’s Foulkes to be honored by TS Alliance

SILVER SPRING, Md. — CVS/pharmacy president Helena Foulkes will be honored next month by the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TS Alliance) at the organization’s 14th Annual Comedy for a Cure. The TS Alliance said Friday that Comedy for a Cure will be held April 12 at the Globe Theater in Universal City, Calif. Foulkes also is

BioPharmX’s Violet iodine now sold at CVS

BioPharmX’s Violet iodine now sold at CVS

MENLO PARK, Calif. — BioPharmX Corp. has landed retail distribution for Violet iodine, a pill for the relief of premenstrual breast discomfort, at CVS/pharmacy. BioPharmX said Tuesday that Violet iodine, which the company called a “first of its kind” product, is available now at select CVS stores and will be offered exclusively in the feminine

Air-Vita Allergy homeopathic spray hits shelves at CVS

RESTON, Va. — STS Health’s Air-Vita Allergy homeopathic throat and nasal spray has been rolled out to more than 2,400 CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide. STS Health said Monday that Air-Vita Allergy relieves allergy symptoms by coating the throat and nasal pathways, where most allergens enter the body, and delivering soothing botanicals to both of those passages

CVS traces impact of momentous decision on tobacco

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health marked the one-year anniversary of its decision to stop selling tobacco products in its stores by releasing data about the impact of its efforts to help Americans stop ­smoking. The company says that its messages about the importance of quitting smoking are reaching millions of Americans. And for customers who take

Inclusive approach creates competitive edge

Many of the boldface names in the retail and consumer products sectors belong to women. Helena Foulkes is president of CVS/pharmacy, the drug chain where Judy Sansone is chief merchant. Kathee Tesija holds the latter position at Target, and Michelle Gloeckler runs Walmart’s consumables business and heads up the company’s U.S. Manufacturing initiative. Delhaize America

Rx chains help keep ACA focused on consumers

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Highlighting the Obama administration’s partnerships with drug chains to boost health plan enrollment, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell last month toured a CVS/pharmacy store here. Burwell’s visit also was intended to urge people to sign up for health insurance by the February 15 deadline in the current open enrollment period

CDR gives top honor to Foulkes, CVS team

CDR gives top honor to Foulkes, CVS team

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The editors of Chain Drug Review have named Helena Foulkes, president of CVS/pharmacy, and her colleagues on the company’s retail leadership team as the publication’s Chain Drug Retailers of the Year for 2014. Though Foulkes has been in this position for only 12 months, the group of veteran executives that she heads

Holiday sales get lift from late season shopping

NEW YORK — A late shopping rush on the weekend before Christmas helped put some twinkle in holiday retail sales, but the final results for the season seemed to fall short of the optimistic projections retailers had set back in early November. Drug chains, however, may have fared slightly better during the holidays than the

CVS bullish about ‘unmatched suite of assets’

NEW YORK — CVS Health “has made the right moves,” and is “very excited about the enterprise that we have become,” president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo said at the company’s annual Analyst Day here. CVS is well positioned to meet the changing needs of consumers, payers and providers with its integrated retail pharmacy,

CVS closes Navarro Discount Pharmacy acquisition

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has wrapped up its acquisition of Hispanic-owned regional drug chain Navarro Discount Pharmacy. CVS reiterated on Monday that the chain’s 33 stores, located in the Miami area, will keep the Navarro banner. The acquisition, announced in mid-July, includes all of Navarro retail drug stores as well as Navarro Health Services,

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