February 12, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Richard Ashworth, Rick Gates, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2018, Issue 02-12-2018, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Rick Gates has been named senior vice president of pharmacy and health care for Walgreens. Gates most recently served as group vice president of pharmacy. With the promotion, he will oversee commercial development and sales, contracting, pharma development, pharmacy supply chain, and clinical programs and alliances, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) said. He
January 25, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Richard Ashworth, Rick Gates, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Rick Gates has been named senior vice president of pharmacy and health care for Walgreens. Gates most recently served as group vice president of pharmacy. With the promotion, he will oversee commercial development and sales, contracting, pharma development, pharmacy supply chain, and clinical programs and alliances, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) said Thursday. He
November 20, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017, Issue 11-20-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) has promoted Richard Ashworth to president of operations at Walgreens, a newly created position. With the move, Ashworth adds responsibilities in the health care commercial, IT and supply chain areas at Walgreens in addition to the duties in his previous position as president of pharmacy and retail
November 7, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
FedEx, FedEx Onsite, Raj Subramaniam, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
2017, Issue 11-20-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Retail News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx Corp. and Walgreen Co. have announced an agreement where FedEx package pickup and drop-off services will be available in more than 7,500 Walgreens stores across all 50 U.S. states. FedEx and Walgreens first revealed the partnership 10 months ago. Now — thanks in part to that deal — 80% of the
November 1, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has promoted Richard Ashworth to president of operations at Walgreens, a newly created position. WBA said Wednesday that Ashworth assumes the new role effective immediately. With the move, he adds responsibilities in the health care commercial, IT and supply chain areas at Walgreens in addition to the duties
October 6, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 hurricane season, American Pharmacists Month, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens, Walgreens pharmacists
Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens is honoring its more than 27,000 pharmacists for their dedication to patients and the expanding role they’re playing in overall health care for October’s American Pharmacists Month. “Our pharmacists’ commitment to Walgreens patients is evident every day, and this year especially we’ve seen countless illustrations of our pharmacists going above and
September 25, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Get a Shot. Give a Shot, Kathy Calvin, Richard Ashworth, United Nations Foundation, Walgreens
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and the United Nations Foundation have kicked off the fifth year of the Get a Shot. Give a Shot. campaign. To date, Get a Shot. Give a Shot. has provided 20 million polio and measles vaccines to people in developing countries, according to the retailer. For every vaccination administered through August 2018
September 7, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Get a Shot. Give a Shot, Kathy Calvin, Richard Ashworth, Shot@Life, United Nations Foundation, Walgreens, Walgreens pharmacies
Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and the United Nations Foundation have launched their annual “Get a Shot. Give a Shot” campaign to provide critical vaccines to people in developing countries. The drug chain said Thursday that the “Get a Shot” program, now in its fifth year, has helped provide more than 20 million polio and measles
August 29, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Hurricane Harvey, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — About 200 Walgreens stores in southeastern Texas and Louisiana remain closed due to widespread flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Walgreens said Tuesday that local field leaders and store teams are working to reopen other stores in the region and restore pharmacy services as soon as possible. The company reported that more than
April 26, 2017 by Geoff Walden
Drug Enforcement Administration, naloxone, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, prescription drug abuse, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens, Walgreens medication disposal kiosks
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has collected and safely disposed of 72 tons of medication since launching its drug disposal program 14 months ago. Walgreens said Wednesday that its safe medication disposal program is the first ongoing national effort of its kind by a retailer to combat the national drug abuse crisis and help fight the
April 23, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 NACDS Annual Meeting, CVS Pharmacy, Judy Sansone, NACDS-TV, Richard Ashworth, video, Walgreens
Videos
The 2017 NACDS Annual Meeting got going on Saturday at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz. Headlining the day’s events were Meet the Retailer sessions with CVS Health, Walgreens, Fred’s Pharmacy, Sam’s Club, Cardinal Health and The Vitamin Shoppe. NACDS also held its board of directors meeting. “We’re very customer-first; we’re creating the very best customer
February 28, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Marketing Association, Chain Drug Review, CVS Health, Jim Devine, Larry Merlo, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Retailer of the Year, Richard Ashworth, slideshow, Steve Anderson, Walgreens
Slideshows
Chain Drug Review held a reception in Manhattan earlier this month to honor recipients of the publication’s Retailer of the Year awards. CVS Health president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo named Health Care Executive of the Year, and Walgreens president of pharmacy and retail operations Richard Ashworth was named as Operations Executive of the Year.
January 4, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Alliance Boots, Chain Drug Review’s Operations Executive of the Year, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
2017, Featured Articles, Issue 01-02-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — As president of pharmacy and retail operations at Walgreens, Richard Ashworth has helped point the chain in a new direction. The change, both at the company’s support office and in stores, has given the retailer a major boost. Measures ranging from net promoter scores to on-time prescriptions to in-stock levels are up
October 18, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
drug abuse, naloxone, National Prescription Drug Take Back Days, Richard Ashworth, safe medication disposal kiosks, Walgreens
Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has hit its target in fostering proper disposal of expired, unwanted and unused medications. The drug chain said Tuesday that it has reached its goal of installing more than 500 safe medication disposal kiosks this year at its pharmacies in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Unveiled in February, the program is