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  • Health Dialog launches MTM service for health plans

    BOSTON — Rite Aid's Health Dialog on Monday introduced comprehensive Medication Therapy Management services for health plans. The new MTM services combine analytics with skilled health coaching to help patients overcome barriers to proper medication use, identify medication-related problems, promote coordination of care and improve medication management success.

  • Rite Aid brings prescription-free naloxone to 2 new states

    CAMP HILL, Pa. — Patients in Michigan and South Carolina can now access naloxone without a prescription at Rite Aid pharmacies. The company on Thursday announced the expansion of availability of the overdose reversal drug, making it accessible at 360 pharmacies in the two states.

  • With a leaner, stronger store base, Rite Aid goes to work
    CAMP HILL, Pa. — Last week, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid ended their merger dance with a new deal that will see 2,186 Rite Aid stores — primarily located in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, along with three distribution centers —  sold to WBA for a sum total of $5.5 billion, including the termination fee associated with the merger.
     
    So what's next for Rite Aid?
     

  • What’s influencing how moms shop

    Having a baby changes everything — including shopping behavior, according to new insights from pregnancy and parenting resource BabyCenter, a Johnson & Johnson company. The company’s “2017 Skincare and Bathtime Study,” shared exclusively with Drug Store News, points to lasting changes that new parents undergo in terms of what they look for from their personal care products once they have children, as well as the top factors influencing their buying decisions.

  • Rite Aid Q1 revenues decline 4.9% to $7.8 billion

    CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid on Thursday reported revenues of $7.8 billion, a decrease of 4.9%. Net loss totaled $75.3 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, and adjusted net loss was $52.4 million, or $0.05 per diluted share.

  • Walgreens Boots Alliance generates $30.1 billion in Q3 sales, up 2.1%

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday generated fiscal 2017 third quarter net earnings of $1.2 billion, up 5.3%, for the period ended May 31. Sales in the third quarter were $30.1 billion, an increase of 2.1% from the year-ago quarter, and an increase of 5% on a constant currency basis.

  • 5 things to know about the new Walgreens-Rite Aid deal

    The industry awoke Thursday morning to arguably the biggest story of the year — the news that Walgreens and Rite Aid had agreed to scrap their original merger agreement one more time, this time in favor of a much smaller, seemingly more manageable deal to purchase 2,186 Rite Aid stores for $5.18 billion in cash.

    In the first several hours following the announcement of the deal, DSN identified five important takeaways from the blockbuster agreement.

  • Walgreens, Rite Aid scrap merger, outline new deal

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Thursday morning announced a new Rite Aid deal, effectively scuttling its proposal to acquire the Camp Hill, Pa.-based chain and surrendering the $325 million termination fee with respect to the old merger agreement. The divestiture agreement with Fred's Pharmacy is terminated.

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