Recently added articles from Chain Drug Review:
Top two drug chains reach the 7,000-store milestone; CVS Caremark has 'a healthy pipeline' of new pharmacies.(News)
Oct 12, 2009; ... LITTLE CANADA, Minn. -- CVS Caremark Corp. is at 7,000 and growing. The company, which has quintupled its store count in just over 12 years, still sees significant opportunity for expansion, CVS/pharmacy president Larry Merlo said at the opening of the chain's 7,000th store here ...
Rx groups file suits on Medicaid.(News)
Oct 12, 2009 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Groups representing community pharmacy have sued four states, saying that they are failing to provide Medicaid patients with access to the same care as everyone else. According to lawsuits filed in federal court by the National Association of Chain Drug ...
Top two drug chains reach the 7,000-store milestone: Walgreens intent on building upon 'great foundation'.(News)
Oct 12, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Walgreen Co. made good on its longstanding promise to open its 7,000th store by 2010, unveiling the milestone unit in a ceremony here earlier this month. "By getting to 7,000 stores across the ...
NACDS raises voice in health care fight.(News)(National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Oct 12, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WASHINGTON -- The expected approval of the Senate Finance Committee's health care bill may have brought reform closer to the end of the beginning than the beginning of the end. The panel's passage of the bill, which appeared imminent at ...
Another tough holiday sales season foreseen.(Brief article)
Oct 12, 2009 ... NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers may well escape the worst of what is expected to be a poor holiday sales season. Drug chains have been outperforming other trade classes, and demand for flu shots is expected to help sustain their momentum, notwithstanding generally gloomy ...