Chain Pharmacy

California pharmacist Afrouz Nikmanesh’s class-action lawsuit against Walmart recently suffered a major blow with the dismissal of most of her allegations against the giant retailer.

Retail pharmacists are ideally situated to perform MTM through collaborative agreements with physicians, and some are making it happen.

Key trends point to a collaboration between pharmacies and healthcare stakeholders that will shape better delivery of patient education, adherence support, and financial assistance.

The event takes place August 22-25 at Denver's Colorado Convention Center, and the exhibit floor is nearly sold out.

As part of its restructuring plan, Walgreens Boots Alliance announced April 9 that it plans to close about 200 of its less-profitable stores throughout the United States.

Rhode Island legislators recently introduced a bill that would ban pharmacies throughout the state from selling tobacco products.

Sam’s Club is offering greater discounts and some free generic medications with an expanded prescription program for its Plus and Business Plus members.

Target Canada Co. announced that it will close all its 133 Canadian retail locations on April 12, completing its inventory liquidation, according to a company statement.

Recently, state legislators in Colorado passed a biosimilars bill that would allow pharmacists to substitute a biosimilar drug for name-brand biologics in cases where the FDA has declared the drugs interchangeable.

Drug Topics readers had plenty to say about our recent article on metrics used against older pharmacists. So did readers of The Cynical Pharmacist, when they got wind of it. Here's a sample.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Durham, North Carolina, was awarded a $12 million contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the development and manufacture of its small molecule, BCX4430, for the prevention of Ebola virus reproduction.

The board of directors of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores recently joined President Barack Obama at the administration’s launch of its Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network.

That’s the assertion of four former CVS pharmacists who recently filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in South Carolina claiming the retail giant created a metrics system that unfairly eliminates older workers and causes dispensing errors.

In the pharmacist's hierarchy of needs, which comes first? Provider status? Or getting paid for the work you're doing right now?

As healthcare facilities across the nation deal with shortages of certain drugs, including generics, pharmacists and pharmacy managers are tasked with the daily monitoring of drug supplies and increased communications with other healthcare professionals such as nurses and physicians.

California pharmacist Afrouz Nikmanesh recently filed a class-action lawsuit against Walmart, alleging the retail giant cheated her and her colleagues out of work breaks and overtime pay.

Shaw’s Supermarkets is fighting an effort by a Teamsters local to represent pharmacists at its 16 stores in Maine.

If you're waffling on the idea of taking out professional liability insurance, read this and think again.

MTM reimbursement gets a big push from the feds.

A recent ISMP study found that the government’s adverse event reporting system is hampered by incomplete reports from manufacturers.

From program launch through December 2014, CVS has sold 63% more smoking cessation products and seen 61% more Minute Clinic visits than it did during the same period a year earlier.

A federal judge recently denied Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd's attempt to be the first drugmaker to launch generic versions of Nexium and Valcyte.

A month after New York ordered Target, Walmart, Walgreens, and GNC to stop selling herbal supplements that routinely did not contain the ingredients advertised, one of the giant retailers has been hit with a class action lawsuit.

Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Health Sciences Center-New Orleans is partnering with CVS and Walgreens to expand its primary care reach.

A jury recently awarded more than $1 million to a pharmacist who claimed he was fired from a Pell City, Ala. CVS because of his age.