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MOSCOW — Walgreens Boots Alliance-funded Russian health and beauty products retailer Pharmacy Chain 36.6 expects online sales to account for 10% of total revenue by mid-2018 from just 1% now, its corporate finance director told Reuters.

To achieve its online sales target, the company has teamed up with online retailer Ozon.ru in March, but said growth will also come from sales through its own websites, 36.6 and Gorzdrav, the news source reported.

NEW YORK — Walgreens Boots Alliance needs to “rethink its approach and do something radically different” in the front end, EVP and CEO Stefano Pessina said Tuesday during a question-and-answer session at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference at the Grand Hyatt here.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Direct and indirect remuneration fees and delayed maximum allowable cost adjustment ranked highest on scales of both magnitude and immediacy for rural pharmacists, according to new research released by the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — In the year since Walgreens launched its mental health initiative and Mental Health America collaboration, the retailer is sharing data on the results and reach of the effort. Roughly three-quarters of visitors to the online platform are taking active follow-up steps, the retailer announced Tuesday, noting that its digital mental health resources also are reaching a broader demographic of consumers.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and Huggies earlier this month partnered on a donation of one million diapers to the National Diaper Bank Network, to be distributed to diaper banks within the National Diaper Bank Network including Cradles to Crayons of Chicago to help babies in need.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens will present the findings of five recently completed clinical studies at the 22nd Annual International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual International Meeting, May 20-24 in Boston. Clinical abstracts from the studies being presented focus primarily on Walgreens efforts to improve medication adherence and patient outcomes through various pharmacy initiatives.
 

ST. LOUIS — Express Scripts, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Innovative Product Alignment, on Thursday announced it will participate in the Walgreens Boots Alliance Development group purchasing organization.