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February 17, 2010

Merck is allowing healthcare providers to pre-order the flu vaccine Afluria (influenza virus vaccine) for...

February 17, 2010

Eighty percent of diabetics have at least one annual hemoglobin A1c test and cholesterol screening...

February 16, 2010

Nearly $1 billion in economic stimulus money will go to help spur adoption of healthcare...

February 11, 2010

This has been a busy month or so for CVS Caremark. Last week it was...

February 11, 2010

Edith Rosato’s appearance on CBS affiliate WUSA-Channel 9 in Washington earlier this week -- in...

February 10, 2010

Traditional care delivery models will continue to give way to alternative care delivery models, such...

February 9, 2010

Patients with limited insurance coverage will have increased access to cancer and specialty drugs under...

February 4, 2010

It matters most what big healthcare payers think of pharmacy and its role in health...

January 31, 2010

With the defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley by Republican Scott Brown in the race to fill the seat of late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, and the loss of the Democrats’ filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, the healthcare-reform bill stands on a knife’s edge. And how will pharmacies be reimbursed for dispensing generic drugs to Medicaid and Medicare patients if a health overhaul bill fails to pass? These topics, along with the issue of patent settlements vexing the branded and generic drug industries and a new GAO study showing that drug costs are soaring, are explored in depth in the latest installment of the ECRM Generics report.

January 28, 2010

The news that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida is wading into the retail landscape...

January 28, 2010

Was the massive effort by the White House and congressional Democrats to overhaul the nation’s...

January 27, 2010

Following President Obama's State of the Union Address to Congress and a response from Gov....

January 27, 2010

The nation's leading healthcare accreditation and education organization has issued a call for entries for...

January 25, 2010

Take Care Health Systems, which is owned by Walgreens, has contracted with Blue Cross Blue...

January 21, 2010

One of the chain pharmacy industry’s top advocates is pushing hard to thaw the frozen,...

January 20, 2010

An organization catering to the drug retailing industry applauded the release of a briefing paper...

January 18, 2010

Walgreens has been awarded accreditation from URAC, a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare accrediting organization that establishes...

January 14, 2010

A recent report by the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit public policy research...

January 14, 2010

The recent report by the National Center for Policy Analysis is yet one more indication...

January 13, 2010

HealthyPharmacies.org announced Thursday a series of store-of-the-future-type pilot programs that will be showcased here beginning...

January 11, 2010

In this exclusive report, Drug Store News, in partnership with our friends at the Food Marketing Institute, profiles the health-and-wellness leaders of supermarket pharmacy.

January 10, 2010

Drug Store News: Why did Ukrop’s start its diabetes program?...

January 10, 2010

Drug Store News: How did Hy-Vee get the idea to have pharmacists and dieticians collaborate...

January 10, 2010

Drug Store News: Are some of the solutions put forth by Safeway chairman and CEO...

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