Pharmacy Business

LANDOVER, Md. - Giant Food Inc., a member of the Ahold USA group, has announced that its Giant Pharmacies is expanding its electronic prescription service through a partnership with DrFirst, a Rockville, Md.-based company that provides products and services to the healthcare community.

LONDON - Britain's competition watchdog has concluded that the strictly controlled sale of prescription drugs should be opened up to new entrants, after a 15-month investigation into the retail pharmacy industry, British news agencies report.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. is providing a new way for customers to access its pharmacy services -- on its web site.

SAN FRANCISCO - Giant Eagle Inc. and McKesson Corporation have expanded their relationship beyond pharmaceutical distribution to create an automated refill center for customers at select Giant Eagle stores.

Congress has come to the rescue with financial incentives for new students, but, for now, part-time pharmacists may prove a full-time staffing solution.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - SureScript Systems Inc., a company that electronically connects physicians to pharmacies for the purpose of electronic prescribing, has announced agreements with four of the country's leading supermarket chains: Ahold USA, A&P, Hannaford Bros., and Safeway.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A pharmacists' walkout that looked to be averted last month by Raley's Supermarkets could still happen as the pharmacists' union has failed to ratify a new contract, according to a report in today's Sacramento Bee.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - For the first winter since 1995 Wegmans will not be offering flu shots in the majority of its stores. It will continue the service in Buffalo area outlets.