Chain Pharmacy

Without either element, product and profits suffer. Pharmacists get it. But do their bosses?

Can-do exemplar is recognized for his many contributions to the profession of pharmacy.

Rite Aid recently announced the opening of 24 RediClinics inside pharmacies in Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.

North Dakota residents who last year rejected a ballot measure that would have removed pharmacy-ownership restrictions should know that their opponents were well financed.

Among four New York retail chains, only 21% of store-brand supplements tested contained the plant material named on their labels.

Should a pharmacist afraid of needles have to administer immunizations as part of his or her job? Or should pharmacies be required to make reasonable accommodations for such an employee?

Merck is voluntarily discontinuing the production and distribution of hepatitis C virus therapy, boceprevir (Victrelis) by December 2015 because of low demand

Tops Friendly Markets in Williamsville, N.Y., is closing pharmacy departments in 27 of its 162 stores later this month. Instead of pharmacies, Tops will add more fresh food, deli and health and beauty care products. The stores themselves will remain open.

Alasdair Trotter, a principal at Innosight, explains disruptive innovations and how companies such as Walgreens, CVS, and others are using it to drive revenues.

In a world where insurance plans now fight for Star Ratings, why do we have a system that obstructs patients' efforts to obtain routine maintenance medications?

What should pharmacies do to keep patient data and credit- and debit-card information secure? Start with these steps.

That’s the assertion a Philadelphia-area pharmacist is making in a federal class action suit filed recently at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

A Walgreens store in Ferguson, Mo., which was damaged during the protests over the Michael Brown case, reopened right before Christmas.

Walgreens has lost the latest round in a legal fight involving a Fresno, Calif. pharmacist who said he was fired after blowing the whistle on alleged billing fraud.

With pressure on pharmacists constant and intense, integrity is your best safeguard. Don't let it slip away.

Rite Aid Corp. recently agreed to pay $2.99 million to settle federal charges it used gift cards to entice Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to transfer their prescriptions to its pharmacies.

A recent survey found a majority of adult women in the United States do not believe they are up to date on vaccinations that protect against preventable diseases.

Back in November, the West Chase Compounding Pharmacy in Tampa, Fla. was unceremoniously closed after Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized its controlled substances and terminated its legal authorization to sell controlled substances.

Walgreens announced that it has started ranking states and specific markets based on the number of flu cases.

An investigative report by a New York City television station found filthy conditions at several chain pharmacies, including dead insects and rodent droppings.

Canada's Shoppers Drug Mart is conducting a pilot project to help patients avoid medication errors and reduce hospital readmissions.

An Indiana appeals court recently upheld a $1.4 million verdict against Walgreens and one of its pharmacists who shared a customer’s confidential medical information.

The documents seek to clarify the regulatory process for compounders of sterile human drugs.

A new IMS Health report forecasts the growth of global spending by a 4% to 7% compound annual rate over the next five years.

“We’ve got to get to the bottom of these enormous price increases," said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, during yesterday's hearing.