COVID-19 Response

California's Department of Consumer Affairs is issuing a waiver authorizing pharmacists to order and administer COVID-19 tests, drawing praise from industry organizations.

Via video conference, Walgreens' Richard Ashworth accepted the NACDS chairman's gavel from Wakefern's Chris Lane, who served as chairman last year.

Meijer procured and distributed 750,000 KN95 face masks to those currently on the frontlines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Walmart will give a bonus in the amount of $300 for full-time hourly employees and $150 for part-time hourly and temporary employees.

Abbott plans to ship nearly 30 million antibody tests globally in May across its ARCHITECT and Alinity i platforms and will have capacity for 60 million tests in June.

In a DSN webinar held Monday and sponsored by Unichem Pharmaceuticals, IQVIA's Doug Long said Americans moved to 90-day prescriptions amid turned to telehealth visits amid COVID-19.

Kinney Drugs has supplied all employees in New York and Vermont with masks, thanks to Holy Shirt!, a local apparel company based in Syracuse, N.Y.

Benasource is set to adopt Fast Rx as a preferred prescription transfer supplier.