Patient Compliance

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Select Winn-Dixie, Thriftway and SaveRite pharmacies are now offering the FluMist nasal spray, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Winn-Dixie announced last week.

WASHINGTON - An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted this week to recommend that a "morning after" birth control pill be sold over-the-counter, which would make it easier for consumers to purchase.

JERUSALEM - H.J. Heinz Co. today announced that it is sending scientists to Israel to investigate an infant formula that has been linked to the deaths of three babies there, Dow Jones newswire reports.

LOS ANGELES - More than half of striking pharmacists at Vons and Pavilions stores in Southern California have crossed picket lines to return to work as the grocery strike shows no sign of ending.

PHOENIX - Albertsons has agreed to provide birth-control pills and other contraceptives to thousands of female employees rather than fight a lawsuit by Arizona workers who accuse the company of sex discrimination, according to a published report in the Arizona Republic.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- A medical clinic is scheduled to open early next month in Scott's Foods in Stellhorn Village, adjacent to the in-store pharmacy. The Med Spot clinic, staffed by nurse practitioners, will offer a variety of minor medical services, including blood tests and checkups.

Attracting and keeping prescription customers could mean huge sales for grocers, according to an ACNielsen study.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government on Wednesday went ahead with its plan to refashion its well-known Food Guide Pyramid to help chubby Americans eat less and exercise more, Reuters reports.