Drug Store News articles from October 2005

Drug Store News archives from October 2005

New Medicare drug plans spawn complex coverage network.(News)
October 10, 2005... WASHINGTON -- The Department of Health and Human Services moved dramatically closer to creation of a national Medicare drug benefit program Sept. 23, with the formal approval of a nationwide network of prescription drug plans that will compete...

Walgreens rides out Katrina, earnings streak intact.(Hurricane Katrina )
October 10, 2005... DEERFIELD, Ill. -- The damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina continues to reverberate. In an early sign of the financial damage the storm imposed on the retail industry, Katrina took a hefty bite out of Walgreen Co.'s bottom line late in the...

FDA again faces search for leader.(Lester Crawford resigns Food and Drug Administration )
October 10, 2005... WASHINGTON -- No matter which school of thought you ascribe to in explaining why Lester Crawford abruptly resigned as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration after only two months--whether it be the rigors of the job, unrelenting...

Katz rolls out Rexall store concept with rebranded Ontario flagship.(News)(Katz Group Canada's Pharma Plus Drugmarts )
October 10, 2005... TORONTO -- Katz Group Canada's Pharma Plus Drugmarts division has a new look and a new name. Katz held a grand opening Sept. 23 for a new, fully redesigned flagship store for its Ontario-based Pharma Plus division. Built along the lines of...

DrugMax poised to bolster specialty, worksite business.(News)
October 10, 2005... FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Specialty pharmacy and drug distribution provider DrugMax continues to set its sights on bolstering the specialty pharmacy and worksite pharmacy business and has gained additional support from institutional investors and a...

Rx sales, not hurricane, hit Rite Aid with 2Q loss.(News)
October 10, 2005... CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Despite slim gains in both pharmacy and front-end same-store sales, Rite Aid reported a second quarter loss of $1.6 million for the period ended Aug. 27. And while Hurricane Katrina was not to blame--the storm made landfall...

New product watch: innovation index.(Illustration)
October 10, 2005... New product watch: Innovation index Watch for these three items to fly off store shelves. Each month, through an exclusive partnership with Hamacher Resource Group, Drug Store News presents an evaluation of top new product launches,...

Albertsons' stand-alone drug stores could be good fit for CVS.
October 10, 2005... BOISE, Idaho -- CVS has entered the picture as a potential buyer for a piece of Albertsons. The chain is reported to have an interest in acquiring Albertsons' 695 Sav-on and Osco drug stores if they're made available as a separate piece of the...

Tesco reportedly eyeing Safeway buy.(Safeway Inc)(Tesco PLC)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... LONDON -- British retailer Tesco reportedly has sent a 65-member team to the United States to look into buying a leading grocery chain in this country, according to published reports citing a source close to Tesco. This time, Tesco is said to...

Whole Foods to open first lifestyle store.(SUPERMARKET AISLE)(Whole Foods Market Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... LOS ANGELES -- Whole Foods Markets will open on Oct. 28 its first lifestyle concept store in West Hollywood, Calif. The concept was first incorporated in the Austin flagship store that opened in March. The 2,000-square-foot Whole Foods...

Teamsters ratify new labor contracts.(SUPERMARKET AISLE)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co., which operates Ralphs, announced late last month that members of seven International Brotherhood of Teamsters Locals in Southern California have ratified a new five-year contract. The contract covers about...

Giant Eagle selects DemandTec software.(SUPERMARKET AISLE)(consumer-centric merchandising software)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... SAN CARLOS, Calif. -- Giant Eagle, a food retailer and distributor, has selected DemandTec for consumer-centric merchandising software. DemandTec Price enables retailers to create and execute pricing strategies. It is part of an integrated...

ShopRite holds Hispanic health fair.(SUPERMARKET AISLE)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... EDISON, N.J. -- In celebration of Hispanic Herita e Month, ShopRite of Passaic-Clifton, N.J., hosted a Health and Heritage Fair Sept. 30. The event featured bone density and blood pressure screenings the pharmacy department provided, body...

Bodine named to MinuteClinic board.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(appointment of Chris Bodine)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... MINNEAPOLIS -- Chris Bodine, CVS executive vice president of merchandising and marketing, has been appointed to MinuteClinic's board of directors. Also appointed to the board was Beth Kaplan, co-founder and managing partner of venture...

Nestle S.A.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(appointment of Wolfgang Reichenberger)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... VEVEY, Switzerland -- Nestle S.A. has announced the departure of chief financial officer Wolfgang Reichenberger, effective in January. Reichenberger is leaving the company to form a partnership between Dr. Gunnar Weikert, founder and...

BJ's Wholesale Club.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(appointment of Alison Gregg Corcoran and John Gehre )(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club announced late last month two executive moves. Named executive vice president of member insight and marketing is Alison Gregg Corcoran. In this new position, Corcoran will continue to lead the company's...

Ahold.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(appointment of John Rishton and Joost Sliepenbeek)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold has appointed John Rishton chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1. Joost Sliepenbeek, chief accounting officer, has been serving as interim chief financial officer since Sept. 1, when Hannu Ryopponen left...

Eli Lilly and Co.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(appointment of John Lechleiter )(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... INDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Lilly and Co. has promoted John Lechleiter to president and chief operating officer and appointed him to the company s board of directors. Lechleiter will continue to report to chairman and chief executive officer Sidney...

Wal-Mart overhauls executive lineup.(NEWS)
October 10, 2005... BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- A major reshuffling of top executives at Wal-Mart clarifies the company's succession strategy and shifts a broad slate of executives into areas of new responsibilities that will influence the company's performance for years...

New health trends emerge at Nat Expo East.(News)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... WASHINGTON -- More than 20,000 specialty retailers and their suppliers attended the Natural Products Expo East last month here, showcasing new products with a natural health bent, some of which may make their way to mass retail outlets. ...

Groups accuse credit card companies of antitrust.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... WASHINGTON -- In an effort to curb steep credit card interchange fees, four major merchant associations have filed an antitrust, class-action lawsuit against Visa, MasterCard and major U.S. banks. The suit was filed late last month in the...

Computer use among pharmacy customers.(Brief Insights from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... The Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals' 2005 Pharmacy Satisfaction Digest--produced by Wilson Health Information, LLC--found that Mail/Online customers are the most likely to own a use computers, and Independent customers least commonly own...

NYC reception toasts Super Regionals.(News)
October 10, 2005... In celebration of the new release of Drug Store News' Sept. 26 issue, which profiled the industry's leading regional drug chains, a special, invitation-only event was held Sept. 22 at the Sports Club LA. Roughly 75 retailers, key vendors and...

Corporate America teaches the government a thing or two.(retail pharmacy came forward for the help of needies in the time of disasters)
October 10, 2005... Whether it's the poignant memories of the smoke billowing from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, or the many suicide bombs leaving mangled corpses and cars in the streets of Baghdad or, most recently, the devastation throughout the Gulf...

CVS' Rx dominance reflects vision of its leaders.(Column)
October 10, 2005... "What we have to do as a chain, and as an industry, is to find ways to free the pharmacist up to have a greater level of involvement in [patient] care.... We want to make the pharmacist more available to the customer through the layout of the...

Execution, leadership propel chain to top.
October 10, 2005... Cue the "Flight of the Bumble Bee" music. No doubt over the last 12 months or so, the pace for CVS executives has been a bit reminiscent of that old plate-spinning act from "The Ed Sullivan Show." Because the feat of retail acrobatics that has...

Post-acquisition, Eckerd transformation shapes up.(Retail Focus: CVS/pharmacy[R])
October 10, 2005... With more than a year under its belt since CVS officially took ownership of Eckerd's Southern stores, the company has begun to release early results of the turnaround that is just beginning to take shape in the former Eckerd stores. With...

Growth of company reflects Ryan's strong career.(Retail Focus: CVS/pharmacy[R])(Company Profile)
October 10, 2005... In the summer of 1975, a young pharmacy grad from the University of Rhode Island put on what was then the only tie in his closet, jumped into his car and made the 45-mile drive to CVS store No. 590 in Woonsocket, R.I. Today, it is still the...

Strong numbers create more bulls than bears.(CVS H.C. Inc.)
October 10, 2005... After CVS reported better-than-expected financial results in the second quarter, Wall Street pretty much summed up its view otthe chain in two words: going up. That's going up as in increasing sales, earnings and, perhaps most importantly,...

Rx investments drive surge of long-term growth.(Retail Focus: CVS/pharmacy[R])
October 10, 2005... The pharmacy side of CVS' business is poised for a continuing surge in longterm growth, company leaders are convinced. To maintain momentum, they'll continue to in vest in systems that boost their pharmacists ability to dispense massive volumes...

Seeking higher margins, CVS pursues generic gains.(CVS H.C. Inc.)
October 10, 2005... Generic drugs have been on an extended run. And with some $20 billion worth of branded pharmaceuticals coming off patent over the next year alone, the federal government poised to begin absorbing huge drug-spending costs with the launch of...

Marketing an undeniable difference.(Retail Focus: CVS/pharmacy[R])
October 10, 2005... Build a better mousetrap, price it competitively, merchandise-it well, and the world is quite likely to buy that mousetrap somewhere else. Trade a little quality for a lower price, or maybe buy 20 for the price of 19. It's no different whether...

Dare to be different: exclusive-brand focus reflects strong commitment.(CVS H.C. Inc.)
October 10, 2005... Perhaps no other single initiative the chain currently is working on strikes deeper at the heart of CVS' mission to be different than its focus on private label and exclusive brands. Currently, private label accounts for about 13 percent of...

Sanofi-Aventis.(insomnia medication, Ambien CR)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Sanofi-Aventis last month gained Food and Drug Administration approval for an extended-release version of its popular insomnia medication, Ambien CR. The bi-layered tablet is delivered in two stages: The first layer dissolves quickly to...

GlaxoSmithKline.(ID Biomedical Corp. acquired)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... GlaxoSmithKline last month moved to acquire ID Biomedical Corp., an integrated biotechnology company dedicated to the manufacture and development of vaccine products, in a deal valued at $2.3 billion. ID Biomedical has facilities in Canada...

Novo Nordisk.(Branded News)(product development)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Novo Nordisk last month received FDA aproval of NovoLog, a rapid-acting, insulin, analogue, for the treatment of diabetes in children. The incidence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is increasing in children," stated Peter Aurup, vice...

The two legislators who virtually wrote the book on the genetic pharmaceutical industry appear to be at odds regarding authorized generics.(Orrin Hatch, Henry Waxman)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... The two legislators who virtually wrote the book on the genetic pharmaceutical industry appear to be at odds regarding authorized generics, based on comments they made in separate presentations at the Genetic Pharmaceutical Association policy...

Roxane Laboratories.(Generics News)(product development)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Boehringer Ingelheim subsidiary Roxane Laboratories last month gained approval of zidovudine tablets, USP 300 mg, the generic equivalent to GlaxoSmithKline's Retrovir. Retrovir, indicated for the treatment of HIV, generated $15 million in...

Katrina spurs e-health rollout with massive patient database.(Chain Pharmacy)
October 10, 2005... ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Hurricane Katrina spawned more than a swath of destruction in the Gulf Coast states early last month: It also vastly accelerated development of a system for storing and disseminating electronic patient health records for...

Poll finds pharmacists underused.
October 10, 2005... WASHINGTON -- The American Pharmacists Association wanted to know how much Americans take advantage of the skills and training of their local community pharmacist. The answer, it appears, is not very much. Fewer than half of Americans, or...

Interest group urges speedup in generic biopharm approvals.(Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market)
October 10, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Extending its campaign to open bioengineered drugs to multisource competition, a generic drug advocacy group as drafted a letter urging Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Lester Crawford--who has since resigned--to open...

Industry's technology web supports nation in crisis.(Automation)
October 10, 2005... NEW YORK -- If any recent event demonstrated the power of the chain drug industry's technological might, it was the disaster wrought early last month by Hurricane Katrina. Given the rapid and stunningly effective response the storm...

Pharmacy kiosks gaining momentum.(Automation)
October 10, 2005... NEW YORK -- In an effort to reduce lines at the pharmacy counter and enable pharmacists to have more time to interact with patients, drug chains increasingly are turning their attention to pharmacy kiosks. It is an industry trend that...

Technology vendors promote connectivity.
October 10, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- It's all about connectivity. If the technology vendors at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy & Technology Conference shared a common theme in the new applications they rolled out, it would have been their...

Pharmacy schools rally to buoy Xavier, ULM.(University of Louisiana at Monroe)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Virtually the entire pharmacy education community has rallied to support two hard-hit colleges of pharmacy in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. More than 90 pharmacy schools have offered assistance to the two schools,...

Obesity is making diabetes a heftier problem.
October 10, 2005... NEW YORK -- There currently are more than 20 million people with diabetes in the United States today, according to Dr. Robert Rizza, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and president of the American Diabetes...

Diabetes drugs evolving with first-in-class therapies.(Chain Pharmacy)
October 10, 2005... NEW YORK -- New treatments for people with diabetes are headed for pharmacy shelves now as the Food and Drug Administration recently approved one first-in-class pharmaceutical with blockbuster potential to help treat the disease for type 2...

Walgreens.(Retailer News)(acquired the Theragran-M brand name)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Walgreens acquired the Theragran-M brand name from Bristol-Myers Squibb last month for an undisclosed amount. The dietary supplement line will be sold exclusively in Walgreens stores beginning mid-month. This marks the second...

Perrigo.(OTC famotidine tablets)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Private label manufacturer Perrigo last month gained tentative approval from the Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market OTC famotidine tablets, 20 mg, the equivalent to Merck s Maximum Strength Pepcid AC. Final approval was...

Chattem.(Icy Hot Pro-Therapy)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Chattem recently announced plans to launch its Icy Hot Pro-Therapy, a multi-dimensional topical pain care product, in February. Icy Hot Pro-Therapy combines support-brace technology with cold and hot therapeutic inserts to provide a one-system...

Cadbury Adams.(Cadbury Adams USA L.L.C. launches new sugar-free chocolates)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Cadbury Adams has introduced three new products for the cough-cold season, including a sugar-free offering of Halls Defense supplement drops in orange, sweet grapefruit and lemon flavors. Halls Sugar Free now has an assortment of mint flavors:...

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics.(first financial results )(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Adams Respiratory Therapeutics last month reported its first financial results as a publicly traded company, citing a 161 percent increase in net sales for its fiscal year 2005 ended June 30. The company generated $160.2 million in sales. ...

Pharmavite.(internet promotions)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Pharmavite is looking to attract Internet-savvy women to the dietary supplement aisle with an on-line video couponing initiative, the company announced last month. "Incorporating video into our consumer-printed coupons marries the promotional...

Growth in diagnostics depends on shifting dieters' focus to body fat.
October 10, 2005... The burgeoning need for Americans to trim their collective waistlines will drive growth in most products currently being sold in the diagnostics area--including blood glucose meters, AIC testers, pedometers, blood pressure monitors and...

Freshening up feminine hygiene.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Feminine hygiene is not all about curing yeast infections or remedying vaginal dryness. Feminine washes and deodorant sprays also are selling well in chain drug--sales of all feminine hygiene products that are not douches, lubricants or...

Johnson & Johnson.(Supplier News)(product introduction)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Johnson & Johnson, a maker of baby skin care products, is looking to bring beauty to the baby care aisle with the January launch of its new Soothing Naturals line. The five-piece collection is infused with plant-derived ingredients and is...

Procter & Gamble.(Supplier News)(product introduction)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Procter & Gamble has developed new Crest Glide Deep Clean floss, which delivers a cooling sensation and features a microtextured surface to help remove plaque. Like other products in the Crest Glide portfolio, Deep Clean is fashioned from...

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Lubriderm, which is made by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, has developed new Skin Nourishing Moisturizing Lotions infused with natural ingredient moisturizers to nourish and hydrate dry skin. The two lotions--available in shea and cocoa butter...

Singer Jessica Simpson and Randi Shinder, the makers of Dessert Beauty, will unveil next month Sweet Kisses.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Singer Jessica Simpson and Randi Shinder, the makers of Dessert Beauty, will unveil next month Sweet Kisses, a new signature collection available only at Wal-Mart. Building on the successful launches of Dessert Beauty in April 2004 and...

Kimberly-Clark.(Supplier News)(alliances and partnerships)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Kimberly-Clark's Huggies and Pull-Ups brands have teamed up with PBS Kids Sprout Network to better reach moms and morns-to-be. The network, a partnership among Comcast, PBS, Sesame Workshop and HIT Entertainment, offers video-on-demand...

Gillete Co.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Looking to clear regulatory hurdles in its proposed purchase by P&G, Gillette Co. reportedly is putting its Right Guard deodorant line on the selling block. It is expected to be the last divesture that P&G needs to secure U.S. regulatory...

Fake toenails are surprise success in unpredictable nail care segment.(Beauty Care)
October 10, 2005... Driven in part by innovation and consumers' desire for at-home manicures and pedicures, the artificial nail category is experiencing growth and manufacturers are taking notice. However, nail color continues to lack fanfare-the category has...

Men's grooming goes multicultural.(WHAT'S HOT)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Manufacturers increasingly are formulating products to better meet the personal care and beauty needs of ethnic consumers, and men are no exception. Looking to tap into the growing men's grooming segment, Barc LLC has created a complete...

Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs are gearing up to launch Fujifilm's GetPix Digital Dropbox, which combines a traditional film box with a digital order terminal.(Retailer News)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs are gearing up to launch Fujifilm's GetPix Digital Dropbox, which combines a traditional film box with a digital order terminal. Shoppers will be able to pick up prints in-store two days after either dropping off film...

Touchstone Television and Buena Vista Home Entertainment are bringing "Desperate Housewives" to the drug store aisles.(Buena Vista Home Entertainment)(Touchstone Television)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Touchstone Television and Buena Vista Home Entertainment are bringing "Desperate Housewives" to the drug store aisles. Now available is a six-DVD set of the television show's first season. The set contains, in addition to the full-run episodes,...

Energizer.(Energizer Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Energizer is launching a series of new ads that more prominently feature the brand's icon, the Energizer Bunny. Two of the 15- and 30-second spots from TBWA/Chiat/ Day focus on general market advertising akin to the "Keep Going" campaign, and a...

Inkworks.(Serenity in trading cards)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Inkworks is launching a new line of trading cards,based on, Universal Pictures' upcoming film, "Serenity." The 72-card series is packaged in six-card packs, which are available for merchandising in 36-pack boxes. Each six-card pack retails for...

Liz Claiborne has partnered with Shonfeld's USA to design and manufacture decorative gift products under the Liz Claiborne Home and Villager brand names.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Liz Claiborne has partnered with Shonfeld's USA to design and manufacture decorative gift products under the Liz Claiborne Home and Villager brand names. The lines will include home care and cleaning products, scented candles and home...

Suppliers urge drug chains to allot more space for impulse-buy DVDs.(Alliance Entertainment Corp. signs deal with Walgreen Co. to supply digital video disk)
October 10, 2005... Drug stores have always been ambivalent about DVD, usually dedicating a few square feet of floor space for it at the front of the store. But several small distributors are urging drug store chains to carry a larger selection of DVD titles at...

Innovative ways to ditch diapers.(Visionaire Products, Con sumerVision)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Although recently released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that birth rates in the United States are at an all-time low, that doesn't seem to be affecting manufacturers' penchant for delivering news...

Sony Corp.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Sony Corp. last month indicated plans to cut about 10,000 jobs, close 11 plants and shrink or terminate 15 unprofitable operations in a restructuring bid to revive its electronics business. The turnaround plan, which will reduce Sony's...

A new study from Cornell University and Hershey Co. confirms that all products containing natural cocoa have flavanol antioxidants, which increase in amount as each product's natural cocoa content increases.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... A new study from Cornell University and Hershey Co. confirms that all products containing natural cocoa have flavanol antioxidants, which increase in amount as each product's natural cocoa content increases. Measured in the study was the...

General Foods International.(Supplier News)(product introduction)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... General Foods International is expanding its internationally inspired product line through the introduction of Vanilla Creme and Vanilla Creme Sugar Free. Currently available on shelves, these new flavors mark the brand's second non-coffee...

Guylian.(Supplier News)(product introduction)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... For pre-holiday season launch, Guylian Seashells, Belgian chocolate seashells, will be available in a new holiday-themed sleeve. The white-and-gold gift box features a Christmas-tree-shaped window, bordered in gold. The holiday Seashells...

Hormel Foods Corp.(Industry News)(Jeffrey M. Ettinger appointed)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... The board of directors of Hormel Foods Corp. named Jeffrey M. Ettinger to be the company's ninth chief executive officer. Ettinger, current president and chief operating officer, succeeds Joel W. Johnson, who will retire as chief executive...

Hispanic consumers are target in reshaping of drug's food offering.(Consumables)
October 10, 2005... As drug chains expand their consumables aisles, many are considering how their mix appeals to the growing Hispanic market. The Latino market, which has been growing at a rate four times that of the general population since 2001, is becoming...

Wheat watchers.(WHAT'S HOT)
October 10, 2005... General Mills took the healthy lead in the cereal aisle by changing all of its cereal formulations to contain whole-grain construction. But the whole-grain trend is moving deeper through drug stores' consumables offerings. It seems anything...

Mass. OK's emergency contraceptives availability without prescription.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... BOSTON -- The Massachusetts House and Senate last month overrode a veto by Republican Gov. Mitt Romney that makes emergency contraceptives available through the pharmacist without a doctor's prescription. The state Senate approved the veto...

Acting FDA director von Eschenbach not considered likely candidate for job.(Andrew von Eschenbach)
October 10, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Even though the White House was quick to name an acting commissioner in Andrew von Eschenbach, current director of the National Cancer Institute, following the resignation announcement of Lester Crawford as Food and Drug...

Rite Aid, Walgreens name next-gen execs.(appointments of executives)
October 24, 2005... NEW YORK -- Either this is one of those types of stories that tend to come in threes, or establishing succession plans is all the rage in retail this season. Because in the wake of the recent management overhaul at Wal-Mart, the list has risen...

Pandemic unlikely, chains keep bird's-eye view on avian flu virus.
October 24, 2005... NEW YORK -- As many Chicken Little stories as there are about the potential for an avian flu pandemic, the apparent public concern is expected to have little impact on vaccine or antiviral sales for this season. "Unless human cases of avian flu...

Walgreens launches in-store Medicare education program.(news)
October 24, 2005... DEERFIELD, Ill. -- In a coast-to-coast campaign to overcome the confusion and reluctance to enroll that many seniors are experiencing over Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, Walgreen Co. launched a patient-education program in...

PrairieStone sells piece of business to fund Rx automation ramp-up.(contracts with AmerisourceBergen)
October 24, 2005... NEW YORK -- Since emerging on the scene in early 2004, PrairieStone Pharmacy certainly has caught the industry's eye. And in a nod to PrairieStone's innovative approach to pharmacy, it has locked into an agreement with AmerisourceBergen that...

The Emerson Group.(appoints Ed Morgan)(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... WAYNE, Pa. -- The Emerson Group, which provides consulting and sales-execution services to vendors, has announced the addition of Ed Morgan to its team as business manager. Morgan will contribute to the Wal-Mart team and will assist in...