David Vaczek

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SWITCHING ATTITUDES
May 20, 1996
Retailers are sharpening their distribution and marketing programs in response to the rapid market entry of drugs that have gone from prescription to over-the-counter availability."We've taken a more positive...
NETWORKING
Mar 11, 1996
supermarket pharmacy special reportSupermarket pharmacies are building bridges to managed health care providers.Leading grocery chains are re-engineering their strategies in order to adapt to a fundamentallychanging...
RETAILERS ACT TO MAINTAIN GENERIC DRUG PROFIT MARGIN
Dec 18, 1995
Supermarket pharmacies are acting aggressively to preserve the most profitable part of their prescription business -- generic drugs.In attempting to maintain generics margins and bring acquisition costs down, pharmacy...
GENERICS PRICES: OUTLOOK STABLE
Dec 18, 1995
The era of rampant price-cutting in generics is ending.In the wave of consolidation among brand and generics companies that continued in 1995, many of the marginal generics companies that are often the source for the...
OVER-THE-COUNTER TRANSACTIONS
Aug 28, 1995
The launch of Procter-Syntex's Aleve last year illustrates what can be achieved when a supermarket pharmacy works in harmony with the health and beauty care department.In this case, the pharmacist's expertise in...
CONFIDENCE BOOSTS MARKET
Dec 19, 1994
Growing confidence in generic drugs on the part of patients, doctors and pharmacists is fueling generics' increased use. The rate of generic use, when prescriptions are either written generically or a generic is...
A MARGIN OF VICTORY
Dec 19, 1994
In the face of aggressive efforts by third-party plans to reduce reimbursements for generic drugs, supermarket pharmacy directors are struggling to maintain some profitability.The profits that generic drugs once...