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November 15, 2012

Kroger announces merger with specialty pharmacy Axium Pharmacy

Kroger on Thursday announced it will acquire the outstanding shares of Axium Pharmacy Holdings, a leading specialty pharmacy, and merge the two companies.

October 9, 2012

Moving beyond dispensing and toward adherence

CVS Caremark is also working to reinvent the role of its retail pharmacists and is gaining share by focusing on customer service, greater adherence, increased access and patient  care improvements.

October 4, 2012

Pharmacy techs play front-line role in campaign to boost adherence rates

“Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.” Sounds simple enough. But that obvious truism, voiced by former U.S. surgeon general C. Everett Koop, fails to convince tens of millions of patients that they should take their prescription medicines through the full dosage regimen.

May 29, 2012

CVS/pharmacy launches in-store campaign to support ALS, cystic fibrosis

CVS/pharmacy has announced the launch of a new in-store fundraising campaign, named Advancing Medical Research, to support medical research and help improve the quality of life for those living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and cystic fibrosis.

February 2, 2012

Walgreens fortifies its specialty pharmacy arm

Walgreens on Thursday inserted another piece into its comprehensive healthcare offering, just in time for the PBM selling season, with the acquisition of BioScrip's community specialty pharmacies.

July 25, 2011

Access, Walgreens broaden relationship to reach underserved populations

Access Community Health Network and Walgreens have extended their relationship to co-develop an integrated program to provide accessible preventive and primary health care for underserved populations, Access said Monday.

December 13, 2009

Pharmacogenomics in aisle 1?

Not quite, but the continued evolution of Kerr Drug’s Community Healthcare Center store concept certainly...