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July 26, 2011
BioPlus leader offers information, commentary via Dr. Vogt’s BioBlog

As a relatively new facet of the pharmacy profession, specialty pharmacy is constantly developing, prompting the leader of one provider to go online to keep patients and physicians up to date.

July 26, 2011
Target opens three retail clinics in Twin Cities market

Target opened on Monday three new retail-based health clinics in the Twin Cities as part of its expansion plan announced earlier this year.

July 25, 2011
Cardinal Health honors Theresa Tolle with Ken Wurster Community Leadership Award

Cardinal Health on Sunday named Theresa Tolle, owner of Bay Street Pharmacy in Sebastian, Fla., as the recipient of its Ken Wurster Community Leadership Award at its annual Retail Business Conference.

July 25, 2011
Good Neighbor Pharmacy names national award winners

Good Neighbor Pharmacy last week recognized five Good Neighbor Pharmacy operators at the National Healthcare Conference and Exposition.

July 25, 2011
Sheets awarded 2011 Best New Product honor at ECRM

An energy strips brand that recently hit the market was honored with the 2011 Best New Product Award at the Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing Diet, Vitamin and Sports Nutrition Show.

July 15, 2011
Girl Scouts get empowered at ECRM's Beauty Week

A group of Girl Scouts got a behind-the-scenes look at how an ECRM event works and learned about achieving success in business and using diversity as an advantage during the Empowerment/Diversity event for the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida that ECRM hosted on July 11.

July 14, 2011
Axium Healthcare Pharmacy earns award in Orlando

The Orlando, Fla., chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth has selected independent specialty pharmacy provider Axium Healthcare Pharmacy as the winner of one of its top awards.

July 14, 2011
Court affirms decision that Watson Pharmaceuticals' generic versions of Mucinex products do not infringe on any patents

Watson Pharmaceuticals last week confirmed that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida's February 2011 decision that Watson's generic versions of Mucinex, Mucinex D and Mucinex DM extended-release products do not infringe Reckitt Benckiser’s U.S. Patent No. 6,372,252.

July 12, 2011
Navarro Discount Pharmacy promotes Ortiz to CEO

Regional pharmacy chain Navarro Discount Pharmacy, which currently has 29 stores, has named finance executive Juan Ortiz the company's CFO, to the position of CEO.

July 12, 2011
Nonprescription migraine med study to be presented at Headache Update Conference

PuraMed BioScience on Monday announced that headache researcher Roger Cady will be exhibiting a poster presentation of his independent clinical study of PuraMed's nonprescription migraine medication LipiGesic-M at the 2011 Headache Update Conference being held in Orlando, Fla., July 14 to 17.

July 8, 2011
Albertsons bids self checkouts farewell

Albertsons is pulling the plug on its self-checkout units, which will be replaced by standard "H" lanes or express lanes, the grocer has confirmed.

July 8, 2011
Bill Cook joins BioPlus as VP sales

BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy has named Bill Cook VP sales, the company said.

July 8, 2011
Novo Nordisk, Children with Diabetes team up to educate newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetics

Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk will work with advocacy group Children with Diabetes to distribute materials to children newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the two said Thursday.

July 7, 2011
Diabetics cite fatigue as daily challenge

As many as 85% of people with diabetes identified fatigue as one of their leading daily challenges, according to a recent survey of 8,000 diabetics commissioned by Diabetica Research Solutions.

July 6, 2011
Rite Aid brings back Glam Camp program

Cosmetic Promotions will sponsor Rite Aid’s Glam Camp Back-to-School program for the fourth year in a row, the beauty marketing and promotional company said.

June 29, 2011
Smarticle Industries brings StingOut to market

Smarticle Industries on Wednesday announced the launch of StingOut, a product designed to soothe the sting of the box jellyfish and the Portuguese man-of-war, which has been found in waters from Texas and Florida to the northeastern United States.

June 27, 2011
iGPS customer savings exceed $100 million

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems said it has helped customers save more than $100 million since the company entered the market in 2006.

June 23, 2011
Nielsen unveils new product innovation approach

Nielsen unveiled this week at its Consumer 360 conference its new approach to product development, which is said to improve companies' chances of success when bringing new products to market.

June 22, 2011
Axium receives 2011 SMART award from ACG Orlando

Axium Healthcare Pharmacy was named the recipient of a 2011 SMART Award in the healthcare and life sciences category by the Association for Corporate Growth's Orlando chapter, the specialty pharmacy provider announced last week.

June 22, 2011
DRSI ReStore! Energy arrives at Publix

Diabetica Research Solutions has expanded distribution of its DRSI ReStore! Energy product to Publix stores that operate in-store pharmacies.

June 22, 2011
GMDC delivers nearly 11,000 appointments, calls for a renewed focus on general merchandise

The Global Market Development Center’s General Merchandise Marketing Conference held earlier this month provided for almost 11,000 appointments, in addition to 169 senior executive conferences that were piloted at the GM event, the association reported Tuesday.

June 22, 2011
Publix heads to Knoxville

Publix announced that it will make its Knoxville, Tenn., debut in the Northshore Town Center at Northshore Drive and Pellissippi Parkway.

June 21, 2011
EZ Gluten gains certification from AOAC Research Institute

Elisa Technologies recently announced that its EZ Gluten test kit has earned Performance-Tested Methods certification from the AOAC Research Institute, a private, not-for-profit association that helps establish testing standards.

June 20, 2011
New RCEC session tracks help retailers, clinics, health systems

With retail clinic sales rising an estimated 81% per year since 2005 and sales expansion projected to continue in the coming years, according to recent research, The Drug Store News Group and Retail Clinician magazine, in partnership with the Convenient Care Association, will host the fourth annual Retail Clinician Education Congress in August.


June 20, 2011
Nielsen, MyWebGrocer enter alliance to measure online supermarket sales

Nielsen has teamed up with a provider of digital grocery tools and a grocery media network to offer consumer packaged goods companies a view into consumers' online supermarket purchases.

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