The winter chill and a flurry of media reports touting the benefits of zinc lozenges in alleviating the severity and duration of the common cold are creating a big demand for this "cure" at supermarkets.Zinc lozenges...
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Pharmacists are once again the nation's most trusted professionals, according to those Americans surveyed by the Gallup Organization here.In Gallup's annual survey of professions and occupations...
Pharmacists interviewed by SN differ over whether the Food and Drug Administration will actually recall Seldane, a widely prescribed antihistamine, because of rare, but potentially deadly side effects.The FDA...
New England grocery chains are test-merchandising bath soap in the health and beauty aisle in order to drive more impulse sales in the health and beauty care department. Supermarkets that have moved soap from the...
SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Harps Food Stores here will open a new pharmacy this month in a supermarket in Rogers, Ark., giving the chain a total of seven pharmacies.The 39-store Arkansas chain has three pharmacies in its...
Retailers are wondering if enough Advanced Photo System cameras will be found under Christmas trees this year to jump-start film and processing sales of the new system.Eight months after a somewhat lackluster...
In the post-Kessler era, the industry is looking ahead to reform in labeling and to unhampered, speedy approval of drug applications.Drug approvals should continue to be a priority at the Food and Drug Administration...
Distribution of a new feminine hygiene product, Instead, is being built primarily at supermarket chains in the Pacific Northwest and northern California.Major retailers, including Albertson's, Safeway, SuperValu...
One of the most successful drug treatments for AIDS thus far, Crixivan, may finally be available for dispensing through supermarket and other community retail pharmacies by April 1997, according to Merck & Co., its...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Intense competition for pharmacy business here is driving supermarket pharmacies to offer incentives like free Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Kleenex to customers who transfer or fill a new prescription...