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The Global Market Development Center, better known as GMDC, is planning a full afternoon of wellness awareness education during its Health, Beauty, Wellness Marketing Conference, scheduled for Sept. 7-10 in Palm Desert, Calif.
Tips for eating healthy on a budget, free dental checkups for kids, and low-fat grilling presentations were among the festivities scheduled to take place yesterday in the ShopRite Pavilion, part of Philadelphia’s 29th Annual Unity Day...
Despite an industrywide outcry, a Medicaid official held out little hope for timely changes to the new prescription reimbursement regulations, unless CMS is forced to do so by Congress.
Supermarkets with pharmacies are outpacing chain drug stores by many important customer-service measures, according to data presented here this week by James Wilson, president, Wilson Health Information, New Hope, Pa., during the Pharmacy and...
Personal health records may attain greater consumer acceptance with consumers than electronic health records, said Robert Burg, vice president, business development, Medem, West Chester, Pa.
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist addressed the Pharmacy & Technology Conference of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, Va., this week in a speech that was unusual for a politician at a trade show in that...
In terms of health policy, the pharmacy business must do a better job of communicating its story to Washington, said Steven Anderson, president and chief executive officer, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, Va., as he...
Publix Super Markets is now offering a selection of free generic antibiotics. Starting last week, all of the retailer's 684 pharmacies began participating in the program in five states: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. New...
Retailers are chiseling out space in their freezers for categories that are traditionally shelf-stable. Recently, they've been making room for frozen baby and pet foods, which appeal to consumers' desire for fresher, more nutritious foods with a...