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03/23/2012 - 10:12am
Reports: Congressmen accuse companies of drug price gouging

Lawmakers are going after companies that they say have sought to take advantage of drug shortages by buying drugs in short supply and then reselling them at higher prices, according to published reports.

03/23/2012 - 9:56am
Shop 'n Save Pharmacy offers DPCA diabetes control program

Supervalu banner Shop 'n Save Pharmacy has joined the UnitedHealth Group's Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance.

03/22/2012 - 12:48pm
Walgreens launches Way to Well Health Tour with AARP

Walgreens will provide prevention and screening services to adults in underserved communities in a program it is sponsoring with AARP, the company said Thursday.

03/22/2012 - 10:55am
FDA opens dialogue of incorporating technology, pharmacy into switch paradigm

The Food and Drug Administration's director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Janet Woodcock, on Thursday identified three tools the agency wanted to use in potentially increasing access to appropriate medicines in her opening remarks at the FDA Rx-to-OTC Switch Hearing.

03/21/2012 - 3:25pm
NACDS kicks off RxImpact Day with praise for newly introduced legislation

In anticipation of hundreds of meetings between pharmacy advocates and members of Congress and their staff as part of NACDS RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores sent a letter to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., applauding the introduction of her legislation on Tuesday that would establish Medicare standards for pharmacy audits and reimbursement by pharmacy benefit managers.

03/21/2012 - 11:57am
CVS/pharmacy to close all Beauty360 locations

CVS/pharmacy is shuttering all of its Beauty360 locations and ceasing operation of the Beauty360 e-commerce business to focus on the growth of its core CVS/pharmacy beauty business, the retailer confirmed on Wednesday.

03/20/2012 - 1:46pm
Sam's Club leads in customer loyalty rankings

Sam's Club has the most loyal customers, according to a new study by the Temkin Group.

03/20/2012 - 9:52am
Safeway joins USDA on national health-and-wellness communication initiative

Safeway on Tuesday joined forces with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion on an initiative to develop and promote dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.

03/20/2012 - 9:20am
Walgreens launches health-and-wellness database from its Facebook page

Walgreens on Tuesday partnered with the online platform Sharecare on the launch of a new "Answers" application, which provides access to a comprehensive and searchable drug, supplement and wellness database on Facebook.

03/19/2012 - 3:01pm
Longtime Kroger exec to lead Delta division

Kroger announced that Tim Brown now will be responsible for stores in western Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri as president of the company's Delta division.

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