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June 24, 2010
Dietary supplement industry gets its due with GMP requirements

The dietary supplement industry is free at last from any major news organization making any...

June 24, 2010
Independents will gain clout with NCPA-CDC alliance

The partnership between the National Community Pharmacists Association and Chain Drug Consortium brings together one...

June 24, 2010
Mail-order pharmacy biz may get thwarted by postal service

Community pharmacy never really was able to stop the mail-order juggernaut. Maybe the cash-strapped U.S....

June 17, 2010
At the front lines of healthcare concerns: Medication adherence

Though Drug Store News is a leader among trade publications for the retail pharmacy industry,...

June 17, 2010
Cutting brands, products? You're asking to lose money

New research released by Nielsen suggesting that retailers must be cautious when trimming SKUs as...

June 17, 2010
NCPA fights 'improper and unwarranted' Part B recoupment efforts

Independent pharmacy clearly has found its voice....

June 10, 2010
Lobbying for FMAP extension: It makes sense

Chain and independent pharmacy retailers learned a long time ago that going to bat for...

June 10, 2010
Pharmacists ever-expanding role calls for changes to the rules

Change in America often happens slowly due to the country’s large size and the relative...

June 10, 2010
Worksite clinics emerge as healthcare-reform player

News that Take Care Health Systems has opened a second on-site pharmacy at an Electric...

June 3, 2010
E-prescribing may give way to universal adoption

Now, it’s up to the doctors....

June 3, 2010
NDA provision a win-win for Tricare members, retail pharmacies

A provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011 delivers a prize...

June 3, 2010
Retail clinic growth slowing down? Not a chance

The news that Target is looking to expand its retail-based clinic business this year is...

May 20, 2010
Americans need more faith... in fiber

Not eating enough fiber doesn’t kill you. But the disease states that result from a...

May 20, 2010
Diabetes epidemic may get squashed by supermarket-pharmacy offerings

More and more, the local food-drug supermarket-pharmacy combo is on the front line of the...

May 20, 2010
Retail clinics should join front lines of America's health care

Emergency room visits have been -- and continue to be -- on the rise, and...

May 13, 2010
CVS' Pharmacy Advisor aids vertically integrated pharmacy-PBM model

The launch of CVS Caremark's Pharmacy Advisor program is important on several fronts; not only...

May 13, 2010
Retail clinics: Improved care at a lower cost

Retail clinics. Save. Money. Without regard to who’s footing the bill exactly — healthcare payer...

May 13, 2010
Walgreens' inoculation efforts don't go unnoticed

Seven million vaccinations is a lot of flu shots. And if you’ll pardon the pun,...

May 6, 2010
Pegus will lead Walgreens' 21st century growth strategy

It was only a matter of time....

May 6, 2010
Pharmacists: Not just Rx providers

The news that pharmacists believe that most consumers buy over-the-counter products that were recommended by...

May 6, 2010
Pharmacy owns medication adherence issue

Of all the cells in the big organism known as health care, pharmacy is the...

April 29, 2010
Duane Reade's namesake stays alive with new innovations

Duane Reade’s sale to Walgreens means a lot of things, but one thing that won’t...

April 29, 2010
NACDS Annual underscores value of pharmacy

The idyllic Palm Beach setting is splendid. The weather usually is sunny and sublime. And...

April 29, 2010
PBM improvement: That's all, Foulkes

The news that Helena Foulkes will lead PBM product innovation and marketing at CVS Caremark...

April 22, 2010
'Cost-effective, quality care' are just some of the results to be seen with Medco, Medical Mutual of Ohio partnership

Efforts by retail pharmacies and pharmacy groups to spur the adoption of electronic-prescribing technology among...

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