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INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES

  • Take Care Clinics' Medicare wellness visits spell opportunity for retail clinics

    WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — The news that Take Care Clinics now are offering wellness services for Medicare enrollees clearly demonstrates that there’s an opportunity for retail clinics to fill gaps in care, and promote wellness and better patient outcomes.

    (THE NEWS: Take Care Clinics offering Medicare wellness visits. For the full story, click here.)

  • Mintel: Salt intake on minds of dieting U.S. adults

    CHICAGO — While more than half of U.S. adults currently are "watching" their diet, a fraction of them are doing so because they are concerned about their "salt intake," according to Mintel research.

  • Drug makers invested $49.5 billion in R&D in 2011, report finds

    WASHINGTON — Drug companies invested nearly $50 billion in research and development in 2011, according to a new report by a drug industry trade group.

  • RAD inches closer to profitability

    WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — Thursday's results marked the fifth consecutive quarter in which Rite Aid increased its same-store sales. And at the rate it's currently going, there's a good chance the country's third-largest retail pharmacy chain soon could become profitable, even though it expected to post losses in 2013, albeit even smaller losses than in 2012.

    (THE NEWS: Rite Aid announces fourth quarter, fiscal year 2012 earnings. For the full story, click here.)

  • Survey: Bargain shoppers reshape grocery experience

    SAN FRANCISCO — A new study released Thursday by MarketTools found that 63% of shoppers said they have changed their shopping habits in the past six months, with the majority reporting changes to seek more value.

    According to the study, respondents reported that they buy items with coupons (80%); buy store brands instead of name brands (62%); use store loyalty cards that offer discounts (62%); buy items only when they are on sale (58%); and buy more large-sized products (43%) to save money on grocery bills.

  • Nielsen, University of Chicago Booth School of Business team up on consumer research initiative

    CHICAGO — Nielsen and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business said they plan to offer comprehensive historical perspective on consumer purchases to all U.S.-based academic researchers for the first time.

  • Cardinal's advertising network drives consumer action, Nielsen study finds

    DUBLIN, Ohio — A digital advertising network for retail pharmacies set up by one of the country's largest healthcare services companies appeared to be effective in marketing products to consumers, according to a new study.

  • Walgreens study finds patients prefer to fill Rxs at community pharmacies

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Patients prefer to fill their 90-day prescription medications at community pharmacies over mail-order pharmacies when co-pay costs are similar, according to a study conducted by Walgreens.

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