Stories Collection

1. Universal Group Universal Group's b beaute is a fashionable line of premium be...
2. Polaroid Corp. Cash in on the growing demand for passport and ID photos. Provid...
3. NEW YORK -- With activity in the consumables category showing no signs of slowing, c...
4. NEW YORK -- The current business environment is creating particular technology chall...
5. DAVIS, Calif. -- Longs Drug Stores has moved into the forefront of a growing trend i...
6. MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. has become the first national retailer to voluntarily pl...
7. TORONTO -- The most pressing concern for the retail pharmacy industry is its future ...
8. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers can expect the current business expansion to contin...
9. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- One key focus for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores i...
10. NEW YORK -- Technology plays an increasingly important role in pharmacy operations a...
11. NEW YORK -- CVS Corp., Kerr Drug and Happy Harry's Inc. become the latest drug chain...
12. WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) endorses 28 presc...
13. EDMONTON, Alberta -- In 2004 Value Drug Mart's management took a critical look at th...
14. NEW YORK -- Citing the slowed expansion of its pharmacy business and the impact of m...
15. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Walgreen Co. just keeps rolling along. The drug chain that o...
16. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- In its continuing quest to maximize the benefits of automation, ...
17. CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Despite a disappointing second half, optimism abounds at Rite Aid ...
18. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The launch of an advertising initiative designed to heighten co...
19. LONGUEUIL, Quebec -- The marketing support the Jean Coutu Group provides to its fran...
20. ST. LOUIS -- Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI) continues to strengthen its op...
21. NEW YORK -- Pressure on Duane Reade Inc. from rival chain drug retailers has been al...
22. PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- USA Drug, the chain drug operation of Stephen L. LaFrance Pharma...
23. DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia -- With all of its 57 outlets concentrated in Canada's four A...
24. MAPLE GROVE, Minn. -- The rural communities of North Dakota and Minnesota might seem...
25. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- An important front-end focus for Lewis Drugs is the seasonal bu...
26. VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Hi-School Pharmacy will mark its 80th anniversary this year with...
27. BOULDER, Colo. -- The times they are a changin' at Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy. ...
28. The pharmaceutical industry is struggling with "a dirty name" before the p...
29. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Drug stores and pharmacists--somewhat reluctantly--are finding...
30. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Small drug chains are having a big impact in Congress through a t...
31. PHILADELPHIA -- Retail pharmacy continues to face major challenges in its battle aga...
32. NEW YORK -- With the federal Medicare prescription drug benefit set to go into effec...
33. WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first implantab...
34. CINCINNATI -- Slammed by a massive charge to write down the value of underperforming...
35. Parascript LLC is marketing SignatureOnline, a software package that enables retaile...
36. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers can do much to boost sales of energy and weight los...
37. The operational, financial and strategic executives of the nation's chain drug store...
38. D&K Healthcare Resources Inc. has opened a 180,000-square-foot distribution cent...
39. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The latest clarification of the Medicare drug benefit rules gives...
40. INDIANAPOLIS -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has been honored by Harvard Medica...
41. Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been given clearance for its supplemental new dr...
42. NEW YORK -- While retailers and manufacturers have historically concentrated their e...
43. VIENNA, Va. -- The National Confectioners Association (NCA) and Efficient Collaborat...
44. NEW YORK -- Reflecting number of items related to its change in ownership, Dude Read...
45. Unisys Corp. and GenuOne Inc. have teamed up to provide track-and-trace solutions to...
46. NEW YORK -- Obesity threatens to reduce the average American's life span by two to f...
47. More employers are adopting health savings accounts and similar consumer-directed pr...
48. Merck & Co. has launched a wireless format for MerckMedicus.com, its online medi...
49. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A recently released report reveals that interest in pharmacy rema...
50. The FDA has approved Sepracor Inc.'s Xopenex HFA, a metered-dose inhaler. The innova...
51. The Health and Human Services Department has awarded a $5.7 million contract to Flem...
52. NEW YORK -- An examination of the business environment for chemicals and other ingre...
53. STAMFORD, Conn. -- Conair Corp. has purchases the Scunci hair accessories business f...
54. A new report from the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) should serve...
55. EPCglobal Inc.'s EPCglobal Canadian Conference 2005 in Toronto next month will focus...
56. NEW YORK -- Attention in the weight control category is focused squarely on dietary ...
57. Programs from pharmaceutical firms that offer free medications to the poor are too c...
58. Medicaid and Medicare reforms, along with the creation of an electronic health recor...
59. WASHINGTON -- Lester Crawford, President Bush's choice to become commissioner of the...
60. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Boniva as a treatment for osteoporosis...
61. Sanofi-Aventis is suing Novopharm Ltd. over the latter's Canadian marketing approval...
62. PHILADELPHIA -- Lannett Co. has received Food and Drug Administration approval for a...
63. WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is winning praise for its recent rele...
64. ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola Co. has revamped its senior management team, promoting its head...
65. The QS/1 division of J M Smith Corp. recently introduced WebRx, a system that allows...
66. Formation Systems has launched Optiva 5, a software package to help manufacturers (i...
67. NEW YORK -- Long considered a core category in drug stores, eye care now offers unpr...
68. NEW YORK -- With the latest U.S. Census Report reporting that Hispanics are the fast...
69. Minnesota is expanding its state-run web site that offers information on drugs from ...
70. ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Prescription drug compliance poses a significant challenge for ma...
71. The FDA has cleared Zofran for use in children as young as one month. Its manufactur...
72. BOSTON -- Biotechnology advances have improved research and development success rate...
73. WASHINGTON -- The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) is applauding the nomina...
74. NASHVILLE -- A controversy continues to simmer in Tennessee concerning a law that wo...
75. Emergis Inc. has agreed to pay $17.5 million (Canadian) for the Canadian claims-proc...
76. PHILADELPHIA -- The findings of a recent stud at the Hospital of the University of P...
77. Walgreen Co. and CVS Corp. have joined with the Florida Retail Federation to seek an...
78. Alcon Inc.'s Tears Naturale Forte lubricant eyedrops with TriSorb triple demulcent t...
79. NEW YORK -- The nation's leading drug chains all have a significant number of stores...
80. NEW YORK -- A federal judge has blocked sales of generic forms of Pfizer Inc.'s Accu...
81. AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine and Canadian pharmacists have joined hands to fight drug imp...
82. ATLANTA -- NDCHealth Corp. has launched NDC Dynamic Claims Lifecycle, a service that...
83. WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved Schering-Plough Corp.'s ...
84. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Andrx Corp. has completed the divestiture of its Fortamet a...
85. ALLEGAN, Mich. -- Perrigo Co. has acquired Agis Industries Ltd., creating a global p...
86. FORT WORTH -- While central fill may have never caught on to the degree that some pr...
87. NEW YORK -- Despite the immense promise that radio frequency identification (RFID) h...
88. In the wake of a new law in Iowa requiring customers who purchase pseudo-ephedrine t...
89. 'At CVS There Are No Limits on How Far Anyone Can Go' In an industry targeting ...
90. CHICAGO -- The American Health & Beauty Aids Institute (AHBAI) has released the ...
91. James Harmon has been named vice president of managed markets for Organon Pharmaceut...
92. TOLLESON, Ariz. -- Fry's Food Stores of Arizona Inc. is reaching out to uninsured cu...
93. Schering-Plough Corp. says a study shows that allergy sufferers who take Claritin, i...
94. NEW YORK -- Despite increased overall spending on direct-to-consumer (D-T-C) adverti...
95. NEW DELHI -- Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has announced a new structure for its researc...
96. BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Ron Chomiuk and Art Alderson have taken on bigger roles within ...
97. CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corp. is poised to launch Swisso Logical, an exclusive sk...
98. NEW YORK -- No technological development will have greater effect on retail pharmacy...
99. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers are undertaking varied initiatives to propel sales ...
100. Bausch & Lomb PreserVision eye vitamin and mineral supplement is now available i...
101. Abbott Laboratories is suspending sales of an attention-deficit/hyperactivity drug t...
102. Barry Polisky has been promoted to chief scientific officer and senior vice presiden...
103. WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration last year introduced a number of init...
104. Adams Laboratories Inc. says it may sell as much as $125 million in common stock in ...
105. WASHINGTON -- The leadership of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of Ame...
106. Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series. NEW YORK -- Unplanned ...
107. NEW YORK -- In the seven years since the first pharmacy robot was introduced, the te...
108. NEW YORK -- Despite the federal government's calls for more physicians and health ca...
109. NEW YORK -- Those who need to move a document away from their face when they read or...
110. Select-A-Vision is launching Night Light Readers, glasses cases with a complementary...
111. Anna Protopapas has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate development ...
112. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Among CVS' rivals for the nation's pharmacy business, one stands ...
113. WASHINGTON -- A recommendation by a Food and Drug Administration panel could allow f...
114. MARKHAM, Ontario -- Although the photographs and displays decorating the reception a...
115. Health Consumer Health Inc. has introduced Triaminic Thin Strips and Neo Citran Thin...
116. NEW YORK -- For people suffering from allergic asthma, spring is often one of the wo...
117. It is often taken as an article of faith that teenagers prefer specialty stores over...
118. The teenage years are all about finding one's identity and learning how to express i...
119. BANNOCKBURN, Ill. -- Americans are uninformed about the relationship between weight ...
120. GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. -- Kinney Drugs Inc. has promoted Bridget-ann Hart to senior vice p...
121. RICHMOND, British Columbia -- London Drugs has become one of the first chain drug st...
122. NEW YORK -- When fragrance sales were floundering in the drug channel and elsewhere ...
123. Leaders with a clear vision of the future are rare in business. Rarer still are thos...
124. Maybelline New York has launched Wet Shine Fusion, which offers both the color of a ...
125. GelStat Corp. says its GelStat Migraine has been cited as the first migraine-abortiv...
126. E.T. Browne Drug Co. has launched the Palmer's Skin Success Anti-Aging line, specifi...
127. NEW YORK -- In a category where growth is slow and mass market retailers continue to...
128. NEW YORK -- The ubiquitous presence of store brands in the mass market is a given. T...
129. Declines in death rates from heart disease and cancer have pushed average life expec...
130. NEW YORK -- Tysabri, a drug that had been on the market since November, was withdraw...
131. TAMPA, Fla. -- The first home blood pressure monitor designed to detect and accurate...
132. EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- Direct-to-consumer spending by the pharmaceutical industry con...
133. ST. LOUIS -- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Generics has formed an alliance with Zydus...
134. JERUSALEM -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has announced the settlement of pat...
135. FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Medco Health Solutions Inc. is buying Accredo Health Inc. in...
136. NEW YORK -- As retail pharmacists see an increasing number of diabetes patients, cha...
137. NEW YORK -- Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. is marketing Riomet, the only liquid form o...
138. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain welcomes proposals that would allo...
139. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS chairman, president and chief executive officer Tom Ryan sto...
140. NEW YORK -- Children are particularly susceptible to coughs and colds, and both reta...
141. BOISE, Idaho -- Albertsons Inc. has lowered its earnings forecast for the fourth qua...
142. BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Despite surging sales, black ink continues to prove elusive for d...
143. NEW YORK -- With all of the attention being given to cold remedies made with pseudoe...
144. What no one disputes is the potential bounty teenage consumers represent to retailer...
145. "Teens are more savvy and sophisticated than many marketers give them credit fo...
146. NEW YORK -- The importance of personal care appliances to chain drug retailers can b...
147. ATLANTA -- The Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) has developed a new advertisi...
148. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Walgreen Co. has been named one of 13 employers in the American A...
149. NEW YORK -- While the fragrance category remains dominated by department stores and ...
150. Chain drug retailing is once again at a critical point in its long and sometimes lau...
151. NEW YORK -- The most desirable men buy their hair care products at such retail outle...
152. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers are applauding the endorsement of two hair care bra...
153. The new N.Y.C. Nourish Your Complexion fine, executives at Del Laboratories Inc. say...
154. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers are facing a growing challenge from companies marke...
155. NEW YORK -- Few people take more baths than infants and toddlers. Consequently,...
156. A dozen Pamida pharmacies in established locations are incorporated into ShopKo Stor...
157. WASHINGTON -- Research and investment by pharmaceutical companies topped $38 billion...
158. SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- James Wilson, executive vice president of First DataBank, has b...
159. The filing of "frivolous" citizen petitions by the brand industry continue...
160. PITTSBURGH -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals Inc. have scrapped th...
161. PITTSBURGH -- The generic pharmaceutical industry is under attack by brand companies...
162. WASHINGTON -- Montana has become the 39th state to establish a trade association rep...
163. NEW YORK -- Rising rates of diabetes do not represent a breakdown in care for such p...
164. NEW YORK -- Insurance rules that lead to high costs and exclusions are hindering the...
165. WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration should be given authority to require ...
166. LINCOLN, R.I. -- CVS' PharmaCare subsidiary continues on a growth course. Earlier th...
167. LINCOLN, R.I. -- CVS' PharmaCare subsidiary covers a lot of ground. Among its operat...
168. MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. -- The growing concern about pseudoephedrine-based cold remedies...
169. FORT WORTH -- The Healthpoint Dermatology division of DFB Pharmaceuticals has change...
170. A pair of recent studies on Nature's Way Products Inc.'s Umka Coldcare suggest that ...
171. NEW YORK -- As more consumers turn to natural remedies for a variety of conditions, ...
172. NEW YORK -- Few segments of the homeopathy market are better suited to chain drug st...
173. Perhaps no brand has been more closely identified with teen cosmetics over the years...
174. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Overcoming a sluggish performance at the top line, Longs Dru...
175. LINCOLN, R.I. -- CVS Corp.'s PharmaCare subsidiary has been selected to manage the p...
176. NEW YORK -- Chain drug stocks were up again in February. Analysts remain optimistic ...
177. NEW YORK-- No longer operating in an adversarial relationship, chain drug retailers ...
178. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers are enthusiastic over a host of new offerings in th...
179. Perfecta Products Inc. has introduced what it describes as the first moisturizing gl...
180. McNeil-PPC Inc. has introduced a line of skin care products under the Monistat brand...
181. NEW YORK -- Just like every other segment of the skin care category, the $741 millio...
182. NEW YORK -- Unilever Home and Personal Care USA's newest body wash, Dove Cool Moistu...
183. CVS Corp.'s PharmaCare subsidiary is working with International Steel Group and the ...
184. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has formed the NACD...
185. A second study has confirmed that rimonabant, a drug developed by Sanofi-Aventis, ca...
186. Bayer Corp.'s consumer care division has expressed pleasure with recent discussions ...
187. BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Heather Bresch has been reelected chairman of the Generic Pharma...
188. BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The Food and Drug Administration and the generics industry conti...
189. WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- Cephalon Inc. says it has generated $1 billion in sales, becomi...
190. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Home Diagnostics Inc.'s (HDI's) blood glucose monitor has been lis...
191. LONDON -- Great Britain plans to "name and shame" pharmaceutical companies...
192. WASHINGTON -- A 24% increase in funding for the office of the Food and Drug Administ...
193. The FDA plans to establish an independent drug safety oversight board to monitor FDA...
194. ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Generic Pharmaceutical Association's annual meeting will take ...
195. WASHINGTON -- Eight pharmaceutical companies have initiated a campaign to manage and...
196. INDIANAPOLIS -- The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has retracted a controversial arti...
197. Allergan Inc. has expressed hope that marketing partner Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc....
198. SAN DIEGO -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is acquiring Syrrx Inc. The $270 million...
199. NEW YORK -- All too often, shoppers in the nutritional supplements category say, the...