Walgreens is making progress on freeing up pharmacists to spend more time with patients who need extra attention, according to Rina Shah, group vice president of specialty and retail pharmacy operations.
Walgreens Boots Alliance affirmed its guidance of roughly flat earnings per share as headwinds mitigated solid performance in the retail pharmacy USA division, including strong specialty growth and increasing prescription volume.
Kevin Ban joins Walgreens from athenahealth, where he was chief medical officer, and brings more than 20 years of clinical experience, medical systems innovation leadership and performance improvement efforts to the role.
The joint-venture group purchasing organization called Retail Procurement Alliance, which Walgreens and Kroger said is aimed at driving purchasing efficiencies, lower costs and combined resources.
Walgreens is highlighting what it really takes to get through stressful holiday moments with a campaign starring celebrity couple Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka.
Walgreens Boots Alliance is looking into whether or not it should take the company private, holding preliminary talks with private equity firms, according to a report from Reuters.
