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Overview of Our BusinessCVS Caremark Corporation ("CVS Caremark", the "Company", "we" or "us") is thelargest pharmacy health care provider in the United States. As a fullyintegrated pharmacy services company, we believe we can drive value for ourcustomers by effectively managing pharmaceutical costs and improving health careoutcomes through our pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialtypharmacy [...]

CAMP HILL, Pa. Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. said Thursday that its revenue fell in July as it continued to close stores.Total revenue for the four weeks ended July 24 decreased 2.2 percent to $1.89 billion from $1.93 billion.The company said revenue at stores open at least one year fell 1.1 percent over the [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release:The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) urged Congressional leaders to extend the increased federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by six months – through June 30, 2011.In a letter to [...]

In a joint call to physicians across the country, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) are urging doctors to enroll or update their record in the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) being implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (see [...]

DETROIT, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. (NYSE Amex: CPD) has started shipping tamsulosin hydrochloride capsules. This product was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Sun Pharma's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA). These tamsulosin hydrochloride capsules are therapeutically equivalent to Flomax Capsules 0.4 mg from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, [...]

Biopharmaceutical company Access Pharmaceuticals Inc (OTCBB:ACCP.ob) said on Tuesday that the company has entered into an exclusive specialty distribution agreement for its lead product (MuGard) as well as inventory in over 30 top metro locations.This distribution agreement has been executed with BioScrip (Nasdaq:BIOS), a national provider of specialty pharmacy and home care products and services.MuGard [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release:The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D. expressing a desire for continued collaboration on issues that improve the quality of healthcare across [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release:In a statement submitted as part of a Congressional hearing today, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) continued its campaign to raise awareness of pharmacy’s ability to help patients take their medications correctly, to save and improve [...]

CINCINNATI, OH (MARKET WIRE) 07/15/10 Elizabeth Arden’s success with a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) program with a national drug retailer is featured in a recent Gartner research note titled "It’s a Beautiful Thing! Elizabeth Arden Segments Its Supply Chain Technology Strategy to Improve VMI Performance" published June 25, 2010.The research note [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release:The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) lauded the signing of a bill that enables pharmacists to administer medication therapy management (MTM) services to patients in Louisiana. NACDS and state pharmacy partners worked on behalf of pharmacy to [...]