Stories Collection

1. CVS Corp. president and chi ef executive officer Tom Ryan was honored in New York la...
2. NEW YORK -- Consumers can walk down just about any aisle of a chain drug store today...
3. NEW YORK -- Sales of condoms are beginning to stabilize as suppliers abandon marketi...
4. NEW YORK -- Technological advances by both brand name and private label suppliers ar...
5. NEW YORK -- The days when people chose a toothpaste simply because it cleaned their ...
6. UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Del Laboratories Inc. has been named one of the 200 best small co...
7. NEW YORK - Nothing helped America's chain drug retailers so much this Christmas as t...
8. AZUSA, Calif. -- Pierre Fabre Inc.'s Physicians Formula Cosmetics subsidiary is laun...
9. Orphan Medical Inc.'s new drug submission for Busulfex has been accepted by Canadian...
10. NEW YORK -- The pharmacy counter has been the missing element in the direct-to-consu...
11. Atrovent nasal spray has been approved for treatment in children as young as age 5. ...
12. Robert Coopman is president of Robert Coopman Consultants, whose clients include CVS...
13. King Pharmaceuticals Inc. is acquiring three branded prescription products from Hoec...
14. NEW YORK -- The mass market housewares market is on the verge of getting its first m...
15. NEW YORK -- Skin care is undoubtedly one of beauty care's best performing categories...
16. The art of merchandising has been redefined by category management. But is it still ...
17. CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corp., propelled by a greatly reduced expense ratio and n...
18. WILLOWDALE, Ontario -- "We give to improve the quality of life in the community...
19. U.S. H&BA market by unit volume For the 52 weeks ended Septembe...
20. NEW YORK -- Over-the-counter remedies targeted to infants are generating excitement ...
21. NEW YORK -- With nearly 30 million Americans wearing contact lenses on a daily basis...
22. CDR Special Report -- Although they were second to chain drug stores in the amount o...
23. KANSAS CITY--Hallmark Cards Inc. has announced that beginning March 15 hundreds of 9...
24. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Phar-Mor Inc. is purchasing Pharmhouse Corp. for $8.45 million in...
25. The Supreme Court has opted not to review a challenge to a requirement that manufact...
26. SELLERSVILLE, Pa. -- The generic pharmaceutical manufacturing company Teva Pharmaceu...
27. Schering-Plough Corp. has been given a new approval for Rebetron combination therapy...
28. ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The American Medical Association's house of delegates agreed last ...
29. Bergen Brunswig Corp. is acquiring J.M. Blanco Inc., a drug distributor in Puerto Ri...
30. CHICAGO -- The International Housewares Show, one of the industry's largest gatherin...
31. NEW YORK -- Women's products continue to produce stellar results in the shaving mark...
32. Often exasperating, occasionally enigmatic, never dull, Revlon is today pretty much ...
33. POWELL, Ohio--Drug Emporium has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the 12-uni...
34. Charla Krupp is beauty director of Glamour magazine. Over the years a number of...
35. U.S. H&BA market by dollar volume For the 52 weeks ended Septem...
36. NEW YORK -- Drug chains picked up market share in the baby ointment segment last yea...
37. NEW YORK -- The laxative market barely advanced last year, but drug chains performed...
38. Looking back at 1998, many events stand out. But only a handful of people. Only a sp...
39. WILLOWDALE, Ontario -- Shoppers Drug Mart's (SDM's) expansion, from the opening of t...
40. Gains by the Democratic Party in last month's congressional elections have spurred t...
41. EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- According to newly appointed president and chief executive off...
42. The FDA has approved Actiq, the first product specifically designed for so-called br...
43. PARIS -- Rhone-Poulenc SA and Hoechst AG are merging their life sciences activities ...
44. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. has acquired U.S. rights to three oral contraceptive pro...
45. PHILADELPHIA -- Perhaps no other city in the U.S. better exemplifies the battle amon...
46. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Since it acquired Arbor Drugs earlier this year, CVS Corp. has b...
47. HERZLIA PITUACH, Israel -- From 1977 to 1987 Super-Pharm Ltd. grew from one store to...
48. NEW YORK -- While U.S. operators of full-line drug stores have yet to venture beyond...
49. PLANO, Texas -- Profits at Eckerd Corp. showed signs of strengthening during fiscal ...
50. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- The board of directors of Longs Drug Stores has been expande...
51. CAMP HILL, Pa.--With its agreement to acquire PCS Health Systems Inc. for $1.5 billi...
52. WASHINGTON -- Jane Henney will make one of her first major addresses as new commissi...
53. The Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS) supports a recent report by a ...
54. INDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Lilly and Co. is providing additional support for Evista, its os...
55. Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has rolled out clobetasol propionate solution US...
56. WASHINGTON -- The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) says ...
57. TROY, Mich. -- As Arbor Drugs' 207 stores continue to be melded into CVS Corp.'s 4,1...
58. CLEVELAND -- CVS Corp. recently marked the completion of its conversion of the forme...
59. NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- After a successful yearlong test of a health care resource cen...
60. WILLOWDALE, Ontario -- Operating in all 10 provinces and the two territories of Cana...
61. With the impending sale of Genovese Drug Stores to J.C. Penney's Eckerd drug chain, ...
62. NEW YORK -- Pfizer Consumer Health Care Group, which is responsible for marketing Pf...
63. FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Arrow Pharmacy & Nutrition Centers has appointed Noreen Pat...
64. CHICAGO -- A federal district court judge has ended the trial in the price-fixing la...
65. WASHINGTON -- The distinction between products normally merchandised in over-the-cou...
66. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered manufacturers of corticosteroid m...
67. WEST POINT, Pa.--Merck & Co. has rolled out an innovative program for patients t...
68. Glaxo Wellcome Inc. has debuted Raxar tablets, a broad-spectrum antibiotic in 400- a...
69. John North has been named president and chief executive officer of American Biogenet...
70. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- As a native of Michigan and a 20-year veteran of Arbor Drugs, De...
71. NEW YORK -- With plans to open 200 stores over the next three years here, CVS Corp. ...
72. WOONSOCKET, R.I.--The tasks confronting CVS Corp.'s pharmacy business are the same a...
73. SHENZHEN, China -- With potential drug store sales in this country virtually limitle...
74. MALVERN, Pa. -- AmeriSource Health Corp. saw fiscal 1998 income improve by over 20% ...
75. NEW YORK--Maybelline, Inc. is poised to greet the new year with a host of innovative...
76. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hy-Vee Inc. senior vice president of general merchandise Jo...
77. WASHINGTON -- An expanded role regarding issues involving dietary supplements is amo...
78. MILWAUKEE -- A program that provides reports on frequently dispensed generic drugs t...
79. POMONA, N.Y. -- Barr Laboratories, a major developer, manufacturer and marketer of u...
80. Horizon Pharmaceutical Corp. has reached agreement with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Cor...
81. David Mazzo has been appointed senior vice president of development operations at Sc...
82. WOONSOCKET, RI. -- Jetting back and forth between Michigan and Rhode Island has beco...
83. ATLANTA -- CVS Corp., which made its entry into the Atlanta market only two years ag...
84. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The expansion program pursued by CVS Corp. in recent years has b...
85. RICHMOND, British Columbia--London Drugs operates in Canada's two westernmost provin...
86. NEW YORK -- With results at a number of companies dampened by weakened overseas busi...
87. LOS ANGELES -- Neutrogena Corn., a leading supplier in the skin care category, is ab...
88. TORONTO - A recently released snapshot of the Canadian chain drug industry indicates...
89. Merck & Co. has submitted an NDA for Vioxx, also known as rofecoxib, an investig...
90. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Members of health maintenance organizations are increasingly d...
91. WILMINGTON, Del.--Zeneca Pharmaceuticals has won clearance to market the first drug ...
92. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. has expanded its pain management product line with the int...
93. Richard Hansen has been named president and chief operating officer at Perrigo Co. H...
94. TROY, Mich.-According to CVS Corp. executive vice president and chief financial offi...
95. WOONSOCKET, RI. - Even by the standards of an industry that had already been stunned...
96. WOONSOCKET, RI. - CVS Corp.'s latest prototype offers greater merchandising flexibil...
97. LONGUEUIL, Quebec -- The Jean Coutu Group is extending its leadership in drug store ...
98. Other retailers Current Previous close close Net ...
99. NEW YORK--Donald Hayden Jr. has been appointed president of the worldwide medicines ...
100. LANDOVER, Md. -- Royal Ahold, an international retailer based in Zaandam, the Nether...
101. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s drug to treat AIDS patients has been endorsed by an FD...
102. SALT LAKE CITY -- RxAmerica LLC, the pharmacy benefits management company jointly ow...
103. Robert Coopman is president of Robert Coopman Consultants L.L.C. The question o...
104. Precose has received Food and Drug Administration clearance as a combination therapy...
105. For 10th year in a row, a Gallup Poll has ranked pharmacists first among 28 professi...
106. Having added some 2,700 stores over the past three years, one of the top priorities ...
107. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS Corp.'s acquisitions of Revco D.S. and Arbor Drugs have chan...
108. WOONSOCKET, R.I.-The CVS Corp. of late 1998 bears little resemblance to what it was ...
109. MATSUDO CITY, Japan -- Solidifying its position as this country's No. 1 drug chain, ...
110. Parent companies & combo operators Current ...
111. REDMOND, Wash. - Bartell Drug has grown to 44 stores with the recent debut of an out...
112. WASHINGTON -- The National Wholesale Druggists' Association Foundation hosted a meet...
113. Tasmar, the Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. drug that the FDA approved in January to treat Par...
114. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- MedPartners Inc. has decided to divest its physician practice ma...
115. Decisions involving prescription products moving to over-the-counter status should b...
116. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA has introduced ketorolac tromethamine tablets USP, 10 mg., ...
117. The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences in Philadelph...
118. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- For CVS Corp. president and chief executive officer Tom Ryan, th...
119. WOONSOCKET, R.I.-In a period marked by solid contributions from the converted Revco ...
120. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- While the number of senior citizens who are more active than eve...
121. NEW YORK - The self-care trend among consumers along with their reliance on chain dr...
122. David Biernbaum is president of Chesterfield, Mo. -based David Biernbaum Consulting...
123. NEW YORK-AS consumers become more familiar with private label products and items bea...
124. CINCINNATI -- Biore, the division of The Andrew Jergens Co. that makes the popular P...
125. NEW YORK -- Rite Aid Corp.'s decision to stop dealing with brokers and manufacturers...
126. The new office of post-marketing drug risk assessment within the FDA will include su...
127. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Cosineceutical is not a term that many people apply to products in ...
128. NEW YORK -- A recent walkathon to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF) cam...
129. Knoll Pharmaceutical Co. has debuted a direct-to-consumer advertising campaign for M...
130. Dan Ailloni-Charas is chairman and chief executive officer of Stratmar Systems Inc. ...
131. NEW YORK - Drug chains continue to face stiff competition from discount stores, offi...
132. LONGUEUIL, Quebec - While working as an accountant with the Jean Coutu Group in the ...
133. Other retailers Current Previous close close Net ...
134. FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Arrow Pharmacy & Nutrition Centers has appointed Gregg Mont...
135. NEW YORK -- It could be argued that no one factor has been more critical to the hair...
136. WILLOWDALE, Ontario -- Shoppers Drug Mart's (SDM's) ambitious effort to operate at l...
137. NEW YORK -- Private label film and single-use cameras represent one of the greatest ...
138. NEW YORK-The consolidation of chain drug retailing has strengthened store brands in ...
139. HUNT VALLEY, Md. -- Procter & Gamble Co.'s (P&G's) Max Factor Cosmetics unit...
140. TORONTO - A new consumer educational effort that spotlights the pharmacist's role as...
141. The FDA is urging pharmaceutical firms to be able to provide the agency with informa...
142. PROVIDENCE R.I. - MEDport Inc. has developed a niche! profit area for pharmacy retai...
143. POWELL, Ohio--From programs it is currently developing on its own to alliances it en...
144. Barr Laboratories Inc. has brought out hydroxyurea 500-mg. capsules USP, the generic...
145. NEW YORK -- The ethnic hair care market has been transformed this year, and most cha...
146. ATLANTA -- A record crowd of exhibitors and attendees are gathering at the Georgia W...
147. LONGUEUIL, Quebec - The Jean Coutu Group's position as the leading supplier of pharm...
148. Parent companies & combo operators Current ...
149. NOTTINGHAM, England - An entry into Japan and an innovative consumer loyalty program...
150. NEW YORK -- Graying baby boomers are blurring the line between health care and beaut...
151. NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A recent incident at a CVS Corp. drug store here serves as a p...
152. CHAZY, N.Y. -- When retailers think of private label products in the diabetes care a...
153. ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In order to facilitate the compliance of its members with new federa...
154. CINCINNATI--Curel, a division of Andrew Jergens Co., has introduced two products to ...
155. PRINCETON, Texas - If Texans are known for their independence, then Horizon Pharmaci...
156. WASHINGTON--The defeat of a proposal that would have created a new review procedure ...
157. The Food Drug and Law Institute is sponsoring a daylong conference designed to offer...
158. CHAZY, N.Y. -- Can-Am Care Corp. has made a major commitment to all aspects of retai...
159. TROY, Mich. -- Although many diabetes care products are purchased over the counter a...
160. Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. has received marketing approval from the FDA for Camptos...
161. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers are reaping the rewards of a burgeoning ethnic beau...
162. NEW YORK -- Chain drug stores looking to boost both their top and bottom lines would...
163. LONGUEUIL, Quebec -- Even before they walk through the front door of a Jean Coutu Gr...
164. Chain drug stocks Current Previous ...
165. A chart on the best-selling foot care medications that appeared in the October12 iss...
166. NEW YORK - Aging baby boomers and senior citizens are benefiting from a wide range o...
167. NEW YORK -- "Business is booming" will soon be an expression to be taken l...
168. NEW YORK -- With 11 of the top 20 private label categories in drug chains consisting...
169. NEW YORK -- Chain drug store stocks continue to be one of Wall Street's hottest grou...
170. LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. -- Favorite Brands International, one of the nation's largest man...
171. If The Boots Company were based in America, it would operate the sixth-largest drug ...
172. WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores says that a recent annou...
173. The Food and Drug Administration anticipates granting about 90% of future requests f...
174. NEW YORK-Retail pharmacists are stressing to their diabetes patients that adhering t...
175. ST. LOUIS -- Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI), which constantly strives to h...
176. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Astra Pharmaceuticals' Pulmicort Turbu...
177. Lynn Radmer has been designated director of pharmacy services at Serv-U-Prescription...
178. NEW YORK -- Revlon Inc. has formed a partnership with the National Council of Negro ...
179. LONGUEUIL, Quebec - Nowhere is accuracy more important to a large retail operation t...
180. LONGUEUIL, Quebec -- The challenges facing Canada's chain drug industry may be stiff...
181. WILLOWDALE, Ontario -- Despite a 0.2% downturn in revenues ensuing from the transfer...
182. TORONTO-Drug Trading Co. has appointed Lawrence Latowsky president and chief executi...
183. NEW YORK -- The burgeoning number of senior citizens has helped bolster sales in a n...
184. NEW YORK-With value continuing to be one of the most soughtafter commodities for con...
185. NEW YORK -- Among the many areas where private label products have made significant ...
186. SAN FRANCISCO-With its U.S. pharmaceutical and medical/surgical supply management bu...
187. PRINCETON, N.J. -- A computerized fertility monitor from Unipath Diagnostics Co. tha...
188. DES MOINES, Iowa -- Medicap Pharmacies has named Charles Porter to the newly created...
189. WASHINGTON -- Pharmaceutical and Research Manufacturers of America president Alan Ho...
190. PINTO: My first question is, why does the diabetes care category seem so complex? Wh...
191. NEW YORK -- Nova Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s recent introduction of Prandin, an o...
192. ST. LOUIS -- The Mississippi Medicaid program, which reimburses pharmacists for prov...
193. Abbott Laboratories has introduced Certiva, a combined diphtheria, tetanus and acell...
194. Richard Malcolm has been chosen senior vice president of The Medicines Co., a firm t...
195. NEW YORK -- Recent innovations in both umbrellas and rainwear have boosted the poten...
196. LONGUEUIL, Quebec--The cosmetics department is comprised of product segments that h...
197. It's time to take stock of the year in chain drug retailing that ends next month and...
198. BELMONT, Calif. -- Seeking to get consumers to trade up in the oral care category, O...
199. DEERFIELD, Ill. - Bill Thien, whose career with Walgreen Co. spanned 23 years, died ...