Pharmacy Business

ARLINGTON, Va. - Ed Hagan, director of pharmacy for retailer-owned cooperative wholesaler Associated Food Stores, Salt Lake City, testified yesterday on behalf of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) before the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee, about the potentially devastating effect of a new generic prescription reimbursement rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

SAN DIEGO -- Pathway Alliance, a group of solution providers servicing the consumer direct healthcare market, this week joined in-store health clinic trade group the Convenient Care Association (CCA) as an associate member, and will participate on the CCA's corporate advisory board.

SAN DIEGO -- Pathway Alliance, a group of solution providers servicing the consumer direct healthcare market, this week joined in-store health clinic trade group the Convenient Care Association (CCA) as an associate member, and will participate on the CCA's corporate advisory board.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Kmart based here expanded of its "90-Day Generic Drug Program" to include more than 300 medications. The program, which began in May 2006 in all of the over 1,100 Kmart pharmacies nationwide, offers customers a 90-day supply of covered medications for just $15.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Kmart based here expanded of its "90-Day Generic Drug Program" to include more than 300 medications. The program, which began in May 2006 in all of the over 1,100 Kmart pharmacies nationwide, offers customers a 90-day supply of covered medications for just $15.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Kmart based here expanded of its "90-Day Generic Drug Program" to include more than 300 medications. The program, which began in May 2006 in all of the over 1,100 Kmart pharmacies nationwide, offers customers a 90-day supply of covered medications for just $15.

TORONTO -- Grocery stores in Ontario can once again sell over-the-counter cough and cold medications containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine, a provincial judge ruled last week, overturning a ban on the sales instituted in April 2006 by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities.

TORONTO -- Grocery stores in Ontario can once again sell over-the-counter cough and cold medications containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine, a provincial judge ruled last week, overturning a ban on the sales instituted in April 2006 by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities.