Pharmacy Business

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation board of directors elected eight new members and re-elected 10 current members this week during the NACDS Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation board of directors elected eight new members and re-elected 10 current members this week during the NACDS Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday it plans to contract with local hospitals and other organizations to open as many as 400 in-store health clinics over the next two to three years -- and if current market forces continue, up to 2,000 clinics could be in Wal-Mart stores over the next five to seven years.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) yesterday appointed Christopher P. Krese s.v.p. of marketing, communications, and media relations.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) yesterday appointed Christopher P. Krese s.v.p. of marketing, communications, and media relations.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Dahl's Food Stores based here is adding walk-in medical clinics to three of its 12 stores.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - While only 7 percent of U.S. adults have ever used an onsite health clinic in a pharmacy or retail chain, most of them were very satisfied with the experience, according to a Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health-Care Poll released yesterday.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it's teaming up with the University of Arkansas and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas, Alabama, and Illinois to launch the Center for Innovation in Health Care Logistics, which will work to improve the health care delivery system via information technology. The chain said it will pour $1 million into the effort.