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1. Heart disease is a hidden threat to women. So says Sandra Lewis, a managing par...
2. JACKSON, Wyo.--Medtech Inc., a manufacturer of such over-the-counter medications as ...
3. NEW YORK -- The face makeup segment of the cosmetics category will receive a jolt th...
4. PLANO, Texas -- With substantial same-store sales increases unable to neutralize the...
5. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Longs Drug Stores has appointed several executives to new po...
6. PARIS -- Conditions are ripe for the emergence of the first drug chains on the Europ...
7. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The generic drug industry will encounter both opportunities...
8. Sandostatin LAR Depot has been cleared as a once-a-month growth hormone therapy for ...
9. Mara Guarducci has joined the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America a...
10. INDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Lilly and Co. last month launched new insulin delivery devices t...
11. NEW YORK -- From just about any perspective -- whether it be the aging of the popula...
12. Kirk Vital, a pharmacy manager at a Kmart Corp. store in Groves, Texas, has been nam...
13. NEW YORK - Once again the brightest spot in the hair care category in 1998 was the c...
14. NEW YORK--At one time discussions about retail technology were limited to debate ove...
15. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers have established a leadership position in many area...
16. Makeup is a big part of a teenage girl's life. Research conducted by Seventeen maga...
17. NEW YORK -- Internal analgesics rank behind only vitamins and tonics in sales in the...
18. Other retailers Current Previous close close...
19. ROUSES POINT N.Y.--The Delagar division of Belcam Inc. is poised to launch Visible S...
20. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS Corp. president and chief executive officer Tom Ryan has bee...
21. After establishing itself as one of the world's largest suppliers of store brand dia...
22. An ongoing program that enables women to visit a CVS Corp. drug store and determine ...
23. NEW YORK -- With the "natural" trend continuing to sweep the health and be...
24. NEW YORK -- Neutrals, nudes and other natural hues highlight the spring color collec...
25. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Exceeding internal projections. Longs Drug Stores posted dou...
26. TORONTO -- The pressure on community pharmacists' time is unrelenting. At a Canadian...
27. ST. LOUIS -- Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI) has entered its ninth foreign ...
28. Ciba Vision Corp. has extended its Focus family with lens drops designed to increase...
29. Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration fo...
30. Astra AB has sued to prevent Kremers Urban Development Corp. and Schwarz Pharma AG f...
31. NEW YORK -- A number of pharmacy chains are promoting the diabetes category through ...
32. TOLEDO, Ohio -- Owens-Brockway Prescription Products has rolled out 1-Clic, a child-...
33. George Barrett has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Teva Phar...
34. NEW YORK -- In a trend that is welcome news for chain drug stores, consumers are dem...
35. NEW YORK -- Light beer brands and imports stole the show at chain drug stores last y...
36. NEW YORK -- Despite the fact that chain drug stare operators are putting increased e...
37. Generation Y, echo boomers, the millennium generation--marketers cannot seem to agre...
38. NEW YORK -- With vitamins, nutritional supplements and homeopathic medicines command...
39. Parent companies & combo operators Current ...
40. HUNT VALLEY, Md.--Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is poised to expand its cosmeti...
41. ST. LOUIS -- Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI) is working with Kash n' Karry ...
42. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- When Longs Drug Stores president Steve Roath decided to atte...
43. Growing consumer confidence in the quality of private label feminine hygiene product...
44. Although osteoporosis can strike men as well as women, the low bone mass and structu...
45. NEW YORK--With nail color an accepted part of many women's fashion regimens, the nee...
46. NEW YORK -- With powerhouse skin care brands Oil of Olay from Procter & Gamble C...
47. BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Optiva Corp. has named Jack Gallagher president and chief operati...
48. NEWARK, Del. -- Robert Duffy, vice president of pharmaceutical operations at Happy H...
49. CNS Inc. has created a multimillion-dollar national television advertising campaign ...
50. Parke-Davis has rolled out Omnicef for oral suspension The extended-spectrum antibio...
51. Rapamune has been given priority review status by the FDA. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories...
52. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Anastasia Marie Laboratories Inc. has "taken control of its ow...
53. NEW YORK -- Creatures scooped from the bottom of the ocean may provide the "med...
54. MEDport Inc. is purchasing VitaMinder Co., a leader in vitamin and nutritional conve...
55. NEW YORK -- Fragrances are increasingly emanating from cyberspace. Market resea...
56. NEW YORK -- Snack sales in chain drug stores advanced a respectable 5.5% last year, ...
57. NEW YORK - While sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products have long provided a...
58. With the teenage market growing in terms of both population and spending power, its ...
59. NEW YORK -- With a market share nearly three times that of their closest rivals, cha...
60. Chain drug Stocks Current Previous ...
61. MIAMI -- The regional chain drug retailers left standing after a wave of consolidati...
62. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Former Thrift Drug head Bob Hannan has taken over the leadership ...
63. A new dietary supplement offering women a high level of creditability as they seek n...
64. Like a growing number of retail pharmacy operators, Longs Drug Stores is taking step...
65. NEW YORK -- Every spring suppliers of nail polish and nail care products introduce n...
66. Does the Internet signal the death of retailing as we know it? Microsoft chairman Bi...
67. ASHLAND, Ohia--Landoll Inc., the children's book publisher and printer, has kicked o...
68. WHIOWDALE, Ontario--Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) has made several executive changes in i...
69. Natrol Inc. has expanded its herbal line with such products as hawthorne berry, lico...
70. WASHINGTON--Leaders in the dietary supplements industry have vowed to work with gove...
71. The Clinton administration has proposed spending about $56 million to consolidate Fo...
72. NEW YORK -- Advising diabetes patients to monitor their blood sugar levels, to injec...
73. ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) continues to provide authorit...
74. Branded members of the National Pharmaceutical Alliance have opted to separate from ...
75. NEW YORK--Sales at men's fragrances rose a respectable 3.9% last year, according to ...
76. NEW YORK-Over the past few years it has become clear that there are fewer and fewer ...
77. One of the strongest trends behind the success of the specialty bath and body catego...
78. Today's generation of teenagers is a unique group. Like generations before them, the...
79. NEW YORK-As America's largest demographic group-the fabled baby boom generation - co...
80. SEATTLE -- Pharmacy has entered cyberspace with the launch of the first full-service...
81. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has filed an NDA for Tequin, a respiratory drug. The applic...
82. NEW YORK -- The competitive technology market has produced a wide range of players t...
83. PHILADELPHIA -- Cigna International has acquired a 45% equity position in Planes de ...
84. FLORHAM PARK, N.J.--Just as the, nation's health care system has learned to adjust t...
85. Elan Corp. PLC has received FDA approval to change from prescription to over-the-cou...
86. Focus NEW YORK -- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has released a study of th...
87. Quintiles Transnational Corp. has acquired the drug development facility that Hoechs...
88. NEW YORK--A recent flurry of high-tech product debuts is helping foot care become on...
89. MELROSE PARK, Ill. -- With the debut of two Jewel-Osco combination stores in greater...
90. BLOOMFIELD, Conn. -- David Belaga has been appointed vice president of marketing at ...
91. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Joining the growing ranks of retailers selling products via the ...
92. NEW YORK -- Innovative products are providing a broad array of benefits in the sanit...
93. NEW YORK--With natural products having achieved widespread popularity in categories ...
94. NEW YORK -- Although they continue to account for only a small percentage of the cat...
95. SAN FRANCISCO -- The merger of McKesson Corp. and HBO & Co. has been completed, ...
96. NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- With its recent acquisition of the Aveeno skin care brand, Jo...
97. NEW YORK--In rating their category captains, chain drug category managers show a mar...
98. ST. LOUTS -- More than 800 Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI) outlets across t...
99. Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. hopes to begin Phase III clinical trials for intravenous...
100. ROUND LAKE, Ill. -- Baxter Healthcare Corp., supplier of the OptiFill automated tech...
101. IRVINE, Calif. -- Managed care began its dramatic growth over a decade ago by quickl...
102. WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved several abbreviated new ...
103. The consumer health care sector of SmithKline Beecham PLC has brought out a new opti...
104. James New has been appointed head of global business development and licensing at No...
105. In their drive to propel magazine sales, chain drug I retailers and publishers are e...
106. NEW YORK -- Driven by a host of innovative new products, the willingness of consumer...
107. CDR Special Report -- With many of their counterparts having already succumbed to me...
108. CARBONDALE, Pa. -- The Polymer Technology Group LLC (PTG) has launched a number of i...
109. Why is Ron Ziegler planning to retire? Why is this exceptional business leader stepp...
110. NEW YORK -- The scar and wound management category has a long history, but even supp...
111. NEW YORK -- Alternative methods of keeping breath fresh, including tongue scraping, ...
112. NEW YORK -- As the nutritional supplements category continues to mature, a growing n...
113. MONTVALE, N.J.-- A&P posted a toss during the 12 weeks ended December 5 in the w...
114. NEW YORK--Revlon Inc. is expanding its restructuring program, which was originally a...
115. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS Corp. has named Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) executive...
116. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Longs Drug Stores has entered into a seven-year distribution...
117. SmithKline Beecham PLC has received a six-month priority review from the FDA for Ava...
118. NEW YORK -- Drug wholesalers have made strides in the information technology arena t...
119. DENVER -- Coram Healthcare, a leading national provider of alternate site infusion t...
120. WASHINGTON -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. has issued a statement in which it strongly de...
121. Pfizer Inc.'s consumer health unit has unveiled Visine Tears to combat dry eyes. The...
122. Four executive promotions have been made at Abbott Laboratories. They are: Thomas Wa...
123. With growing regularity, pharmaceutical companies are getting out their marketing me...
124. CLEVELAND -- Designers' Collection, an American Greetings Corp. company, is introduc...
125. NEW YORK -- Chain drug stocks started 1999 doing the same thing that they did during...
126. NEW YORK--Revlon Inc.'s Revlon Consumer Products USA division has adopted a new stra...
127. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Ron Ziegler, who has set a new standard for trade association lea...
128. NEW YORK -- There was a time when patients recovering from surgery were completely s...
129. NEW YORK--Oral care suppliers are working to change the perception of chewing gum fr...
130. NEW YORK -- While some industry observers have speculated that the end may be near f...
131. POWELL, Ohio -- Lower sales and higher costs coalesced to throw Drug Emporium into t...
132. BOCA RATON -- Rexall Sundown Inc. has named Stephen Frahitore president of Sundown V...
133. NEW YORK -- Eckerd Corp's photo department has been among the beneficiaries of a cul...
134. WASHINGTON--Managed care groups have a unique chance to increase use of beta-blocker...
135. Stability and stability-related problems were linked to over one-fifth of drug produ...
136. PINEVILLE. La. -- The business philosophy at McKessonHPOC Inc. can be summed up in o...
137. SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The operator of the country's largest Medicare risk health main...
138. NEW YORK -- While the generic pharmaceutical industry as a whole continues to stave ...
139. The FDA has approved the first commercially available implanted device designed to r...
140. Richard Havens has joined Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. as senior vice president of s...
141. With the distinctions drug chains are eager for a point of difference. Magazines can...
142. NEW YORK -- Reflecting the return to spiritual and religious values among many consu...
143. Other reatilers Current Previous close close Net ...
144. NEW YORK -- AM Cosmetics has named Arnie Zimmerman president and chief executive off...
145. NEW YORK--The rapid growth in the use of cellular phones is expected to play an incr...
146. NEW YORK -- Manufacturers of external analgesics are taking the initiative in promot...
147. NEW YORK--Chain drug stores are beginning to capitalize on the full range of opportu...
148. WASHINGTON -- As the Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association (NDMA) continues...
149. Other retailers Current Previous close close Net ...
150. NEW YORK -- Coty Inc. has created what its calls a "first of its kind" exe...
151. WASHINGTON -- Representatives of the community pharmacy industry praised President C...
152. WASHINGTON -- Any expansion of prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries...
153. An FDA committee has recommended accelerated approval of Temodal for the treatment o...
154. JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. -- Innovation Associates Inc. has brought what is says is "r...
155. BLUE BELL, Pa. -- Aetna U.S. Healthcare plans to become the first national managed c...
156. NEW YORK--Forbes magazine has selected Pfizer Inc. as its company of the year, citin...
157. Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been cleared by the FDA to market Photofrin for pall...
158. Barry Edwards has been named chief executive officer at Global Pharmaceutical Corp.,...
159. The survivors of the chain drug industry's consolidation process have newfound power...
160. The Texas Pharmacy Congress, whose membership includes the state board of pharmacy, ...
161. LONDON -- Two new studies by IMS Health find that half of United States-based physic...
162. ProteoTech Inc. has granted Rexall Sundown Inc. a license to market products based u...
163. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Merck & Co. is on course to continue to achieve its ...
164. Roy Bussewitz, vice president of managed care and telecommunications at the National...
165. NEW YORK -- The 1999 International Housewares Show serves as a showcase for the wide...
166. NEW YORK--Virtually unknown at the start of the 1990s, body washes and shower gels h...
167. NEW YORK -- New, easier-to-use formulations and an aging baby boom generation that i...
168. Other retailers Current Previous close close Net ...
169. NEW YORK -- The merger and acquisition frenzy that has swept the retail pharmacy bus...
170. NEW YORK -- Traditional flashlights, which have been a staple on the shelves of chai...
171. NEW YORK -- Although sales of external analgesics were slightly off last year, many ...
172. NEW YORK -- Women and the elderly -- two demographic groups that often are identifie...
173. NEW YORK -- The dental floss category is due for a shakeup if a new product designed...
174. SALT LAKE CITY - In what may be one of its last quarters as an independent entity, A...
175. MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - In a move expected to bring a much needed level of uniformity...
176. The FDA has approved LYMErix, a vaccine manufactured by the biologicals division of ...
177. BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Pharmacists of yesteryear were responsible for initiating numerous...
178. Mead Johnson Nutritionals, a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., has introduced Vi...
179. INDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Lilly and Co. and Sepracor Inc. have entered into a license agre...
180. Neuman Distributors Inc. has expanded its on-line information and services through w...
181. NEW YORK -- Perhaps nowhere has the baby boom generation's desire to look and feel g...
182. NEW YORK -- For years hand and body lotions and facial skin care products have diffe...
183. NEW YORK -- Still a highly fragmented product segment, the $1.58 billion shampoo cat...
184. Parent companies & combo operators Current ...
185. NEW YORK -- The digital video disc (DVD) format hit its stride during the past year,...
186. NEW YORK--The battery category is indicative of how events in one product segment ca...
187. NEW YORK -- The aging of the population and the advent of managed care have both hel...
188. NEW YORK -- Although the rankings of best-selling brands in a number of over-the-cou...
189. NEW YORK -- Ongoing efforts to educate consumers about the importance of replacing t...
190. ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -- NicePak Products Inc., which has gradually expanded its original...
191. ST. LOUIS - Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI) should have a presence on a fou...
192. A supplemental biologics license application for Enbrel to treat those patients betw...
193. EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- Over 72 million Americans received health benefits from manage...
194. Novartis Nutrition has launched SMOG C, a dietary supplement designed to provide pro...
195. LONDON -- A $37 billion merger in the increasingly competitive international pharmac...
196. Barr Laboratories Inc. is building a warehouse on its 40-acre campus in Pomona, N.Y....
197. NEW YORK -- The aging of the baby boomers and the expansion of managed care are fuel...
198. NEW YORK -- Once a seasonal business, sun care products are rapidly becoming a year-...
199. CDR Special Report--Whatever the formula for selling beauty care products, chain dru...