Chain Pharmacy

This cover story discusses the different initiatives taken by pharmacy chains to prevent drug errors by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

The coin-to-card service allows consumers to convert their loose change to a CVS card at the Coinstar kiosk and pay no coin-counting fee.

An internal analysis of the outcomes of the Walgreens Health Initiatives medication therapy management (MTM) program reveals savings of more than $50 per member per month for patients receiving interventions.

The CVS ExtraCare Plus card will provide CVS customers with a convenient and secure multipurpose reward and payment solution that links the cardholders' existing checking accounts to their existing ExtraCare accounts.

The FTC has accepted, subject to final approval, an Agreement Containing Consent Order with Rite Aid Corp. and the Jean Coutu Group. The agreement is designed to remedy the likely anticompetitive effects arising from Rite Aid's proposed acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd retail pharmacies from Jean Coutu.

Walgreens is offering medication advice to help pharmacy patients prepare for hurricane season, which officially started on June 1.

Rite Aid Corp. announced that FTC has accepted the proposed consent agreement relating to Rite Aid's acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd drugstore chains from The Jean Coutu Group Inc.

CtW Investment Group has issued a statement requesting the CVS/Caremark board immediately request Headrick's resignation.

Walgreens has completed its acquisition of Take Care Health Systems, a leading convenient care clinic operator.

CVS has suspended pharmacy technician Katie Dudash from its Euclid, Ohio, store after learning that she was involved in administering a lethal dose of medication to a child while she worked as a technician at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland.

A five-month-old baby was poisoned after ingesting a psychotropic drug prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults, according to the lawsuit.

Prodrug stimulant lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse, Shire) will be considered a Schedule II substance, according to recent word from DEA.

Many pharmacists will dispense oral contraceptives yet balk at dispensing Plan B. The author believes this practice is inconsistent.

Medication therapy management may hold the key to connecting managed care pharmacy and community pharmacy.

Is pharmacy a good career for a young man? One hundred years ago Druggist's Circular published a debate on the question

The differences between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are discussed along with emerging treatments for both conditions. The recent withdrawal of tegaserod (Zelnorm) for the treatment of IBS-c has left many searching for new therapies.

Study looks at impact of pharmacists on community project about metabolic syndrome and its implications for heart disease.

An eight-hour air quality test in a Rite Aid store in Clayton, N.J., where five employees reportedly fell ill recently, has found levels of benzene and chloroform that were higher than state standards. Results of the test, taken April 20 by Rite Aid consultants, were forwarded to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

On April 10, CVS workers employed at the West Grand Boulevard location in Detroit became the third group to seek representation by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 876.

Data from a new report reveals that competition from authorized generics during the 180-day exclusivity period leads to lower prices and does not reduce or slow the introduction of new generic pharmaceuticals.

Latebreakers: CVS completes label improvements

Latebreakers: Walgreens names new chairman, president

McKesson's Health Mart franchise wins Drug Topics' 2007 Pharmacy Chain of the Year Award.

NACDS members meet their new association leader, Steven Anderson

Winn-Dixie named top pharmacy for MTM by Outcomes