News Collection

1. RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Boehringer Ingeiheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. has introduced an inh...
2. NEW YORK -- In slightly less than a year chain drug retailers have gone from looking...
3. MINNEAPOLIS -- The pharmacy business at Target Stores, a division of Dayton Hudson C...
4. 'What we really offer busy consumers - including the young mothers who are our targe...
5. This year's acquisition of Soma.com has made the retailer a leading player in the bu...
6. Senator James Jeffords (R., Vt.) has introduced legislation that would allow duty-fr...
7. Long after the injections cease the protection that monthly allergy shots offer hay ...
8. HARTFORD, Conn -- Aetna U.S. Healthcare has completed the acquisition of Prudential ...
9. WASHINGTON -- Millions of Americans who come down with influenza each year will have...
10. Merck & Co.'s Zocor has become the first cholesterol modifying drug indicated to...
11. NEW YORK -- Whether pharmacists can deliver the same level of care at a drive-up win...
12. Merck & Co. plans to begin testing an AIDS vaccine by the end of 1999. The exper...
13. DUBLIN, Ohio -- Buoyed by a strong performance in the fourth quarter, Cardinal Healt...
14. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS Corp. has announced that David Rickard will become the drug ...
15. Don Ailloni-Charas is chairman and chief executive officer of Stratmor Systems Inc.,...
16. NEW YORK -- Parents concerned about the potential long-term damage overexposure to t...
17. NEW YORK -- One of the areas where the over-the-counter medications category has see...
18. Not that long ago a single natural product in a category was seen as a major point o...
19. NEW YORK -- While the pace of prescription-to-over-the-counter switches has slowed c...
20. NEW YORK -- With the top line still reflecting the impact of last year's Rockbottom ...
21. CLEVELAND -- unlike many of its larger counterparts, Medic Drug has not been hit too...
22. PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. is increasing its stake in the retail pharmacy bu...
23. Omni Nutraceuticals Inc. is the new name of Irwin Naturals/4Health Inc. The company ...
24. NEW YORK -- No participant in the health care system would oppose efforts to develop...
25. Quarterly Review of Price Changes for Prescription Drugs CALENDAR QUARTER TOTAL BR...
26. NEW YORK -- The recent aggressive expansion of Duane Read has underlined the company...
27. The company is in the process of implementing disease state management programs in s...
28. NEW YORK -- For all the attention being generated by virtual pharmacies, the prescri...
29. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that the bacteria that cau...
30. A recently released study shows that early treatment with the Parkinson's disease dr...
31. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Quintiles Transnational Corp. has launched Web MCO I...
32. EAST HANOVER, N.J.--Sidmak Laboratories Inc. has entered into a product development ...
33. FRANKFURT -- Bayer AG is launching a new antibiotic to treat respiratory tract infec...
34. URBANDALE, Ill. -- The American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) has been a longtim...
35. SmithKline Beecham PLC will obtain worldwide rights (outside Cuba) to commercialize ...
36. AMITYVILLE, NY. -- Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. has broken ground for new corporate offices...
37. The next critical issue, one that will shortly engage and eventually obsess mass mar...
38. BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing the drive-through pharmacy conc...
39. NEW YORK -- Two new ventures have been launched that their founders say should help ...
40. NEW YORK -- The effort to create products that offer superior protection from the su...
41. NEW YORK -- With a growing number of Americans taking nutritional supplements as par...
42. Dieting and nutrition -- once thought of as two separate parts of maintaining a heal...
43. NEW YORK -- In an age of runaway health care costs numerous studies have shown that ...
44. WOONSOCKET, RI. -- Stripping away the impact of significant nonrecurring charges in ...
45. CLEVELAND -- With the new millennium sure to bring changes in the way chain drug sto...
46. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Knoll Pharmaceutical Co. has given a $27.5 million grant to the I...
47. Consumers Choice Systems Inc. has created UTI (urinary tract infection) Cranberry-Pl...
48. WASHINGTON -- Some longstanding laws governing the pharmaceutical industry are fine ...
49. Leading Pharmaceutical Corporations--By Retail Sales [*] ...
50. It bills itself as 'America's first on-line drug store' POWELL, Ohio -- In the...
51. The supermarket retailer is completing the transformation of its pharmacy operations...
52. LAS VEGAS -- Nevoca.com Ins is the final stages of developing what a spokeswoman for...
53. Ivax Corp. has submitted a product license application for an innovative multidose d...
54. The Alliance for Aging Research has launched a study to examine the treatment of cho...
55. WOONSOCKET, R.I.--CVS Pro-Care, a subsidiary of CVS Corp., has selected TechRx Inc. ...
56. MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. -- Warner-Lambert Co. is reportedly considering the possibility ...
57. Several major chains are clients ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The responsibility of ...
58. NEW YORK -- The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion. Whose members include t...
59. Abbott Laboratories has joined with NaPro BioTherapeutics Inc. to develop and commer...
60. Chain Drug Review Stock Index [*] DJIA CDRSI July '98 848.8 1,814...
61. OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Apothecus Pharmaceutical Corp. has launched the first major netw...
62. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Phar-Mor Inc. has formed an alliance with EyeMate Inc. under whic...
63. CINCINNATI -- Totes Isotoner Corp. is introducing a fall collection of weather-prote...
64. LARGO, Fla. -- Eckerd Corp. is using its web site to advise consumers about the dang...
65. NEW YORK -- Manufacturers and marketers of over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflam...
66. Suppliers continue to enter the herbal supplements market, offering chain drug retai...
67. Chain drug retailing is obsessed with E-commerce. Much the way a previous generation...
68. UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Del Laboratories Inc. is realigning its Sally Hansen marketing gr...
69. TORONTO -- The new store design concepts that Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) unveiled at t...
70. DEERFIELD, Ill. - Completing the succession process that began in January 1998, Walg...
71. W.K. Buckley Ltd. has debuted www.buckleys.com, a web site with graphics and sound e...
72. LARGO, Fla. -- Sam Wright, vice chairman of Eckerd Corp., has resigned to pursue oth...
73. NEW YORK -- Its products are good enough and usually cheap enough, but the generic d...
74. NEW YORK--The branded pharmaceutical industry can claim a major share of credit for ...
75. The supermarketer's 600 pharmacists provide customers with flu shot programs, choles...
76. MARKHAM, Ontario -- Since taking over the helm of Drug Trading Co. last year Larry L...
77. NEW YORK -- A federal judge has ordered Eli Lilly and Co. to stop what he has determ...
78. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has helped form Cit...
79. CuraGen Corp. says it has discovered over 55,000 genetic variations, data that the C...
80. WASHINGTON--The Center for Y2K and Society, an independent nonprofit organization, s...
81. Biovail Corp. says its generic version of the blood pressure drug Cardizem could be ...
82. NEW YORK -- With more than 20 million cases of lice infestation reported last year, ...
83. NEW YORK -- A nagging problem that shows no signs of receding, head lice infestation...
84. Tom's of Maine has rolled out a natural toothpaste for sensitive teeth in fennel and...
85. MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. -- The $1.17 billion that Warner-Lambert Co. expects to spend th...
86. Selfcare Inc. is expanding its relationship with LifeScan Inc. Selfcare will develop...
87. NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers are hailing the arrival of skin care and aromathera...
88. NEW YORK--In August Maybelline will introduce Industrial Revolution, its color cosme...
89. TULSA, Okia. -- "We didn't realize it at the time, but when Wal-Mart [Stores In...
90. NEW YORK -- Duane Reade has announced the promotion of chief financial officer Willi...
91. ABBOTT PARK, Ill. -- Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Chemical Industries (Japan) plan...
92. SmithKline Beecham PLC and Coulter Pharmaceutical Inc. have asked the FDA for approv...
93. ALBANY, Ore. -- Tec Laboratories Inc. is seeking to create a new drug store category...
94. NEW YORK--The Food and Drug Administration has given several generic drug manufactur...
95. Boericke & Tafel is introducing what it says is the first chewable homeopathic m...
96. SAN DIEGO--Several pharmaceutical companies presented results of research involving ...
97. Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. is buying Sugen Inc., a biotechnology company. The $650 ...
98. NEW YORK -- As American consumers become comfortable buying products on-line, no bus...
99. LOS ANGELES -- Neutrogena Corp. is preparing to launch Neutrogena SkinClearing Makeu...
100. TULSA, Okla. -- The Drug Warehouse deep-discount format is playing a prominent role ...
101. CALGARY, Alberta -- Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) has launched the Shoppers Optimum Rewar...
102. PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Alfred Engelberg, a patent attorney who was a principal advocate...
103. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Ta...
104. PURCHASE, N.Y. -- While Hogil Pharmaceuticals Corp. has strengthened its position in...
105. SAN DIEGO -- LifeScan Inc. has enhanced its product line with improvements to lancin...
106. Feeling Fine Co. has launched four products under its Dr. Art Ulene's nutritional fo...
107. SAN DIEGO -- A unique perspective on the issue of compliance among diabetes patients...
108. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Executives at Hallmark Cards Inc. are optimistic about the futur...
109. NEW YORK -- With market research showing that Americans are continuing to embrace al...
110. ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Bausch & Lomb Inc. has completed the sale of its sunglass bus...
111. TULSA, Okla. -- Those who doubt the aphorism "what doesn't kill you makes you s...
112. TROY, Mich. -- Ronald Chomiuk, Kmart Corp.'s divisional vice president of health and...
113. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An examination of the ethical, legal and technical factors behi...
114. Rezulin can remain on the market as a diabetes treatment, but consumers should recei...
115. UNIONDALE, N.Y.--As the manufacturer and markerter of the Pronto line of lice treatm...
116. NEW YORK -- Several generic drug manufacturers have won approval from the Food and D...
117. G&W Laboratories Inc. has launched Carlesta, the first product specifically form...
118. SAN DIEGO -- Ask a person with diabetes to identify one thing that causes significan...
119. NEW YORK -- Since an opportunity like this comes along only once every thousand year...
120. NEW YORK--One area of home testing that is benefiting from the combination of aging ...
121. MARINA DELREY, Calif. -- Following up on its successful launch one year ago of Dr. A...
122. TORONTO -- In a breezy presentation at the Retail Council of Canada's 35th Annual C...
123. EDMONTON, Alberta -- Making its first foray into the United States, the Canadian-bas...
124. Robert Coopman is president of Robert Coopman Consultants, whose clients include McK...
125. A federal court has upheld the Food and Drug Administration's decision that granted ...
126. NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- In an effort to address the concerns of parents who are re...
127. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The growing support for credentialing pharmacists involved in d...
128. Copley Pharmaceutical Inc. has launched its first controlled-substance product. It i...
129. SAN DIEGO -- Despite new drug treatments, a better understanding of molecular biolog...
130. Ben Barnett has become vice president and director of sales at Apothecus Pharmaceuti...
131. NEW YORK -- Licensing is an increasingly significant factor in the social expression...
132. NEW YORK -- New technology that is leading to easier-to-use and more accurate home t...
133. NEW YORK -- Charles "CB" Busta, executive vice president and general manag...
134. EVANSTON, Ill. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and Hallmark Cards I...
135. ABERDEEN, Md. -- Rite Aid Corp.'s annual meeting, normally a placid affair little no...
136. FDA staff members who are on promotional mailing lists are alerting the agency to of...
137. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- PCS Health Systems Inc. has renewed long-term contracts with se...
138. DARIEN, Conn. -- The Clear line of head lice treatments' capacity for killing lice a...
139. NEW YORK -- The expansion of the direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising movement in th...
140. The FDA has approved Prevpac as a 10-day regimen for H. pylori infection in patients...
141. MADISON, NJ. -- Mergers are fast becoming the trend throughout the pharmaceutical in...
142. Bruce Kneeland has been appointed a vice president at AmeriSource Health Corp. Kneel...
143. CLEVELAND -- As the social expressions industry continues to widen in scope, America...
144. NEW YORK -- With the graying of the population and the search for greater efficienci...
145. CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Showing the effects of last year's unusually heavy store opening s...
146. WASHINGTON -- While federal lawmakers at this year's National Association of Chain D...
147. LARGO, Fla. -- Eckerd Corp. will make its first venture outside the continental Unit...
148. AmeriSource Health Corp. has received Federal Trade Commission clearance to acquire ...
149. DENISON, Texas -- Horizon Pharmacies has signed an agreement with PDX Inc. to improv...
150. NEWYORK--In an effort to call attention to problems caused by head lice September ha...
151. NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc. and Warner-Lambert Co. have agreed to extend and expand a ma...
152. Agenerase, a protease inhibitor for use as a combination HIV treatment, is now avail...
153. ABBOTT PARK, Ill. -- Abbott Laboratories is acquiring Alza Corp., a research-based p...
154. Michael Friedman has joined G.D. Searle & Co. as senior vice president of clinic...
155. NEW YORK -- Until recently chain drug retailers observing customers in the social ex...
156. The first six months of the last year of the 20th century are history. For chain dru...
157. DEERFJELD, Ill. -- Driven by strong sales, improved gross margins and lower expense ...
158. BELLVUE, Wash. -- An amended registration statement for an initial public offering f...
159. WASHINGTON -- Medicare recipients would pay $24 a month for $1,000 a year in prescri...
160. LOS ANGELES -- For many of the more than 9.5 million residents here the string of mi...
161. ORLANDO. Fla. -- Walgreen Co. opened its first store here in 1952, unaware that the ...
162. WASHINGTON -- The boom times are back in Washington, D.C. In the surrounding ar...
163. LONDON-A line of skin care products for mulated for the needs of teenagers that has ...
164. LINCOLN, RI. -- In the Information Age data is currency and, as is the case in the f...
165. TORONTO -- Quality Home Products (QHP), a supplier of private label personal care it...
166. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Like many suppliers, Minnetonka Brands Inc. has hitched its s...
167. MISSION HILLS, Calif. -- Pharmavite Corp. is taking aim at what executives say is a ...
168. MILWAUKEE - Despite the obstacles of an aging population and competition from import...
169. BUENA PARK, Calif. -- Now celebrating its 20th year of operations in the United Stat...
170. GLEN COVE. N.Y. - Tweezerman Corp. which is known in the beauty industry for high-qu...
171. BANNOCKBURN, 111. - Newell Co. was on the move in 1998. During the course of the yea...
172. VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- Omron Healthcare Inc., which makes it a point to remain attune...
173. LONDON, Ontario -- Morlee Group Inc., a well-established distributor and sales agent...
174. NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- A series of recent developments at AM Cosmetics will help t...
175. WINSTON-SALEM. N.C. -- Since the inception of L'eggs Products more than 28 years ago...
176. PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. -- Goody Products Inc. is the nation's leading hair accessories ...
177. NEW YORK-Executives at Revlon Inc. believe the key to success in color cosmetics is ...
178. INDIANAPOLIS - The diabetes monitoring category has been exploding in chain drug sto...
179. NILES, Ill. -- For more than 95 years Alva/Amco Pharmacal Cos. has been manufacturin...
180. CALABASAS, Calif. -- Breath Asure Inc. continues to grow by expanding the oral care ...
181. SPRINGVILLE, Utah -- NaturaLife Corp., one of the longtime players in the herbal sup...
182. TOOTHBRUSHES TOP BRANDS Dollar Sales [*] Unit Volume [**] 1. Oral-B $163....
183. NASAL SPRAY TOP BRANDS Dollar Sales [*] Unit Volume [**] 1. Afrin ...
184. HAIR RELAXER KITS TOP BRANDS Dollar Sales Unit Volume 1. ...
185. FACIAL MOISTURIZERS TOP BRANDS Dollar Sales [*] Unit Volume [**] 1. Oil...
186. COUGH/SORE THROAT DROPS TOP BRANDS Dollar Sales [*] Unit Volume [**]...
187. ADULT INCONTINENCE TOP BRANDS Dollar Sales [*] Unit Volume [**] 1. De...
188. Vendor sales and earnings: 1st quarter 1999 Sales ...
189. NOTTINGHAM, England -- The core of Boots Co. PLC's retail operation is comprised of ...
190. NEW ORLEANS -- Internet commerce is sharing the spotlight at this year's National As...
191. DUBLIN, Ohio -- Cardinal Health Inc. has created Cardinal ScriptNet, a collection of...
192. Roche Holding AG, headquartered in Switzerland, is spending $4.2 billion to purchase...
193. REHOBOTH, Mass. -- The steady increase in demand for effective sun protection for ch...
194. NEW YORK--Babies love to eat. Consequently some suppliers are touting products ...
195. NEW YORK -- Chain drug stocks fell during May as investors continued to take profits...
196. CINCINNATI -- Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) has announced that it will eliminat...
197. NEW ORLEANS -- Longs Drug Stores, Kinney Drugs, Genovese Drug Stores and Drug Fair o...
198. WASHINGTON -- Community pharmacies have been working diligently with drug manufactur...
199. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a 0.4-mg. strength of Baycol for the t...