Posts tagged Walgreens

Walgreens’ Take Care clinics, which are retail clinics that treat patients for conditions like sore throats and minor injuries, will expand to offer customers help in managing chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes.

Walgreens continued to participate in the consolidation of both the traditional pharmacy and Specialty Pharmacy markets in its recent transaction with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

CVS Caremark is not alone, Target, Rite Aid and Walgreens said to refill prescriptions without patient approval.

How will Walgreens be able to overcome the opposition to a freer market to medicine sales in Europe with its acquisition of Alliance Boots?

Walgreens continues to actively grow their Specialty Pharmacy footprint with a number of innovative services that create value for both them and the customer. Look for more information in our annual Specialty Pharmacies Market Overview published next week.

Novartis expands its relationship with Walgreens to include clinical trials.

Walgreens now has certified more than 500 of its pharmacies as HIV Centers of Excellence in communities highly impacted by HIV, as identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The argument continues. The odds that Express Scripts Inc. and Walgreens can strike a deal to keep Walgreen stores in the pharmacy-benefit manager’s network next year are dimming.

Let’s talk face to face. Walgreens is moving its pharmacists into the role of medical care provider, it is bringing them out from their decades-old post behind the pharmacy counter and onto the sales floor.

Millions of people with chronic conditions including diabetes, autoimmune diseases and allergies routinely use injectable medicines, yet sometimes proper sharps disposal is often inconvenient. To address that concern, Walgreens and diabetes leader, Novo Nordisk, Inc.  have teamed up to provide a free Complete Needle™ Collection & Disposal System during National Diabetes Month.