Pharmacy Business

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The whole health movement helped supermarket pharmacies maintain their financial stability in 2005, despite some major regulatory challenges, according to a new report from the Food Marketing Institute.

CINCINNATI -- Stores throughout Ohio and Michigan operated by The Kroger Co. based here are offering Menactra, a meningococcal vaccination, to graduating high school seniors, in an effort to prepare their immune systems for college.

CINCINNATI -- Stores throughout Ohio and Michigan operated by The Kroger Co. based here are offering Menactra, a meningococcal vaccination, to graduating high school seniors, in an effort to prepare their immune systems for college.

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Drug chain channel leader Walgreen Co. is setting itself up as a bigger player in the burgeoning segment of pharmaceutical service, by agreeing last week to acquire Pittsburgh-based Medmark Specialty Pharmacy Solutions, a national specialty operator that provides biopharmaceuticals, supplies, and services.

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Drug chain channel leader Walgreen Co. is setting itself up as a bigger player in the burgeoning segment of pharmaceutical service, by agreeing last week to acquire Pittsburgh-based Medmark Specialty Pharmacy Solutions, a national specialty operator that provides biopharmaceuticals, supplies, and services.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A new training program developed jointly by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation and pharmacy training consultancy Learn Something, Inc. aims to assist community pharmacies in the fight against methamphetamine misuse and abuse.

SAN ANTONIO -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here is promoting its new online pharmacy refill service with a gift card giveaway. Customers who enter the HEB Pharmacy Giveaway will vie for a chance to win a $500 HEB gift card, or one of 10 $100 HEB gift cards.

SAN ANTONIO -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here is promoting its new online pharmacy refill service with a gift card giveaway. Customers who enter the HEB Pharmacy Giveaway will vie for a chance to win a $500 HEB gift card, or one of 10 $100 HEB gift cards.