Medicare card program among hot topics at NACDS Annual.(National Association of Chain Drug Stores)(Brief article)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Retailers and suppliers gathered here at The Phoenician resort located at the foot of the Camelback Mountain for the 2004 National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting.

This year's event attracted 2,300 attendees, many of whom are the chain drug industry's top decision makers.

Friday marked the official start of Annual with NACDS' executive committee and board of directors meeting. Strategic exchange meetings, held poolside, began late Saturday morning and wrapped up late Tuesday afternoon.

NACDS president Craig Fuller, NACDS chairman and Rite Aid chief executive officer Mary Sammons, and Pharmacy Care Alliance …