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January 20, 2011
Surgeon general issues call to action around breast-feeding

Surgeon general Regina Benjamin on Thursday issued a “Call to Action to Support Breast-feeding,” outlining steps that can be taken to remove some of the obstacles faced by women who want to breast-feed their babies.

January 18, 2011
NRF urges repeal of healthcare-reform law

The National Retail Federation announced that it has urged the House to support a vote to repeal last year’s healthcare-reform law, saying the measure already has begun to discourage job creation and should be replaced with legislation that reduces healthcare costs while protecting jobs.

January 17, 2011
Walgreens names chief customer experience officer, promotes three executives

Walgreens announced several executive appointments Monday, which included naming a former United Airlines executive to the post of chief customer experience officer.

January 14, 2011
Walgreens plays game right with expanded front-end initiatives

Walgreens has talked plenty about its Customer Centric Retailing initiative since the overhaul of its store merchandising and marketing strategy kicked off two years ago. But the rejuvenation of Walgreens’ sprawling, coast-to-coast store network is just the tip of the CCR iceberg, company leaders said.

January 13, 2011
Hy-Vee opens S.D. store

Hy-Vee has opened its latest store, in Sioux Falls, S.D., the grocery and retail pharmacy chain said.

January 12, 2011
Supermarket wine kiosks return to Pennsylvania retailers

Supermarket wine kiosks are being reintroduced into the Pennsylvania market in the coming week after being taken offline in the days before Christmas, according to a report published Monday in the Beaver County Times, a newspaper based in Beaver County and northwest of Pittsburgh.

January 12, 2011
Walgreens encourages mail-order pharmacy patients to make the switch

It seems that many mail-order pharmacy patients are unaware that they can receive their 90-day supply of prescription medications at community pharmacies.

January 12, 2011
Walgreens staking a multichannel approach

With the explosion in such mobile devices as smart phones, Walgreens is expanding its access across an ever-wider array of options for health consumers, president and CEO Greg Wasson told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday.

January 11, 2011
BB&T rescinds mandatory mail Rx proposal, drawing praise from independent pharmacies

The nation’s top independent pharmacy group is hailing a recent decision by a major corporation to maintain freedom of choice of where its employees fill their maintenance prescription medicines.

January 11, 2011
Helling, Lutz re-elected to APhA Foundation

The APhA Foundation said Tuesday that it has re-elected two prominent pharmacy leaders to its board of directors.

January 11, 2011
Hershey gives grant to Harrisburg University to create research lab

A university and a chocolate giant have joined forces to develop a sensory science and consumer research program.

January 11, 2011
Price Chopper set to buy N.Y. indy pharmacy

Supermarket chain Price Chopper will buy out an independent pharmacy in Malta, N.Y., according to media reports.

January 7, 2011
Ilex's portfolio grows with St. Joseph's brand acquisition

Ilex Consumer Products Group on Thursday acquired the St. Joseph brand from McNeil-PPC, the company announced.

January 6, 2011
Opening of Intel's on-site medical center officially announced by Take Care

Take Care Health Systems, which is owned by Walgreens and currently operates more than 370 worksite clinics nationwide, has officially announced the opening of a new on-site medical center at Intel's Jones Farm Campus in Hillsboro, Ore.

January 5, 2011
Making friends with pharmacy in the heart of Kinney Country

GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — When you get north of Syracuse, N.Y., you enter a special part of Retail Pharmacy America known as “Kinney Country,” where people know their neighbors and everybody knows their neighborhood drug store.


January 5, 2011
Sam's Club starts new year with new health services

Sam's Club announced that it is offering its business, advantage and plus members tools to help them achieve their health goals, including free monthly, in-club health screenings and access to a new health management benefit, The Prevention Plan, from U.S. Preventive Medicine.

January 5, 2011
Small-town service forms pharmacy familiarity for Fruth customers

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A customer visiting any of Fruth Pharmacy’s 25 stores in West Virginia and southern Ohio will find many of the same products and services one would find at any national chain pharmacy; but on top of that, the chain offers a highly personal approach to retailing.
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The thing that sets Fruth apart is excellent customer service,” Fruth Pharmacy president Lynne Fruth told Drug Store News. “It’s kind of a mix of the best of what the bigger chains can provide with that small-hometown service.”


January 5, 2011
WAG unveils benefits 
of ‘Dimensions’ project

Pharmacists who intervene with diabetes patients are having a clear and positive impact on clinical outcomes, a new study from Walgreens found.


In a presentation last month, two Walgreens healthcare leaders unveiled the results of a groundbreaking pilot project on pharmacy-based diabetic care. Walgreens launched the project, called Dimensions, at its worksite pharmacies in 2008.

January 5, 2011
Wellness Workdays adopts Stayhealthy total body composition system

Wellness Workdays on Wednesday adopted the Stayhealthy total body composition system to provide state-of-the-art measurement tools to increase the effectiveness of employee wellness programs.

January 4, 2011
Jim Hamilton joins CRN's board

The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Monday elected Jim Hamilton, president of DSM Nutritional Products USA, to chair of the association’s board of directors.

January 4, 2011
Par begins shipping two strengths of generic Lotrel

Par Pharmaceutical has started shipping a generic version of a hypertension drug, the company said Monday.

January 4, 2011
Report: Intel to open worksite clinic for employees

Intel is helping its employees gain convenient access to health care with the opening this week of an on-site medical center at its Jones Farm Campus in Hillsboro, which will be operated by Walgreens' Take Care Health Systems, according to local news reports.

January 3, 2011
CVS Caremark acquires Universal American

CVS Caremark is more than doubling the size of its Medicare Part D program by acquiring the Medicare Part D business of Universal American for roughly $1.25 billion.

December 29, 2010
SXC-MedfusionRx acquisition officially closed

SXC Health Solutions has completed its acquisition of independent specialty pharmacy provider MedfusionRx.

December 28, 2010
Frito-Lay goes ‘au naturale’

Frito-Lay will reformulate half of its snack products to be completely natural by the end of 2011. The products will include no artificial or synthetic ingredients, no artificial flavors and no preservatives, including MSG.

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