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  • Walgreens brings prescription-free naloxone to Michigan

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Michigan residents can now get naloxone without a prescription at more than 225 Walgreens locations in the state. With the Tuesday announcement, Walgreens has now made the opioid overdose reversal drug, which can be administered as an injection or a nasal spray, available in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

  • FTC sets closed-door meeting ahead of next week’s Walgreens-Rite Aid merger deadline

    WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission’s is set to hold a closed-door meeting on Thursday. The meeting comes in the lead-up to the Jul. 7 deadline by which the regulatory agency has to approve or file suit to block the Walgreens-Rite Aid merger.

  • Walgreens’ mobile app brings older patients into digital fold

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens’ mobile apps biggest fans aren’t exactly the demographic people typically associate with technology adoption. The chain on Tuesday shared data showing that more than 20% of its user base are ages 55 years and older — a demographic that only makes up 9% of overall smartphone ownership.

  • WSJ: Theranos settles Walgreens lawsuit for $30 million

    Walgreens Boots Alliance and Theranos have tentatively reached accord on a $30 million agreement, according to a story published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. Walgreens had been seeking $140 million as part of a breach of contract suit in an attempt to recover the cost of its investment.

  • Q&A: Walgreens’ Pandey talks removing friction from customer experience

    In an era when shoppers want a seamless shopping experience, Walgreens Boots Alliance is pulling out all the stops to deliver on their expectation.

  • Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS teams on free testing for 7th straight year

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS, a leading national public information response to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic, are teaming up for the seventh straight year with health departments and local AIDS service organizations to offer free HIV testing and counseling about prevention strategies, including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, as part of a National HIV Testing Day effort.

  • Florida Hospital Express Care opens 15 clinics within Walgreens pharmacies

    TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Hospital Express Care at Walgreens retail healthcare clinics are now open in 15 Walgreens locations throughout Tampa Bay.

  • Fred's secures additional financing to acquire divested Rite Aid stores

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Even as media reports circulated Friday that the Federal Trade Commission was preparing to block the merger between Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid, one of the merger’s key players took steps to help strengthen the case to approve it. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Fred's Pharmacy secured additional financing Friday to meet its obligation of acquiring as many as 1,200 Rite Aid stores that are expected to be divested as part of the merger.

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