Drug Store News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

CVS Health Clinical Trial Services was launched in 2021 with the goal of developing and executing a community-centric model for clinical trials.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 2, 2024

Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens inked another partnership to recruit participants for research as it continues to build out its clinical trials business. Walgreens has signed more than 35 clinical trial contracts with drugmakers including Freenome and Prothena.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Kroger is piloting value-based primary care clinics as it joins a growing list of retailers looking to cash in on the booming sector of senior-focused medical care. Kroger is piloting value-based primary care clinics as it joins a growing list of retailers looking to cash in on the booming sector of senior-focused medical care.

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Drug Store News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Maynard takes a look at how the retail pharmacy industry needs to plan for the next chapter in its storyline. DSN editor and chief Nigel F.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Retail giant Walmart is reportedly exploring buying a majority stake in primary care clinic operator ChenMed to expand its healthcare business. Retail giant Walmart is reportedly exploring buying a majority stake in primary care clinic operator ChenMed to expand its healthcare business.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained. | As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained.

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Drug Store News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Convenient care clinics continue to expand their offerings and their appeal to consumers.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 15, 2023

Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens inked another partnership to recruit participants for research as it continues to build out its clinical trials business. Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens inked another partnership to recruit participants for research as it continues to build out its clinical trials business.

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Drug Store News

AUGUST 30, 2023

At NACDS’ Total Store Expo, DSN caught up with The Compliance Team’s founder and CEO to discuss how clinical services are changing the retail pharmacy space.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

JANUARY 3, 2024

Linda Gutierrez-Miller, one such student, embarked on a journey to answer these questions, ultimately choosing a career path that aligns with her goals of making a substantial impact and aiding a diverse range of individuals—clinical pharmacy. However, job opportunities opened up that provided me with valuable clinical experience.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Big players continue to make hefty investments in health tech—look no further than Amazon expanding its virtual clinic to all 50 states and the planned $3 billion merger between digital wellness co | Health tech company Wheel has been building for the next evolution of virtual care with an eye toward working with large enterprises, health plans, pharma (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

AT&T employees now have access to fertility and family building support from Maven Clinic. | All of AT&T’s 125,000 employees, across corporate, retail, technicians and union, now have access to Maven’s fertility and family building program. AT&T has offered Maven’s maternity program since 2021.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 30, 2023

Walgreens leaders are not deterred and hope to fill the holes left behind by the pharmacy giant.

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STAT

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Several retailers have recently launched telehealth programs that let patients pick their medical concern off a menu of options, from hair loss and erectile dysfunction to acne and ear infections. When patients go shopping today, they might find themselves checking out with more than the vitamins or bulk toilet paper on their list.

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Drug Store News

MAY 15, 2023

After launching CVS Clinical Trial Services in May 2021, the retailer will cease operations by Dec. 31, 2024.

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Outsourcing Pharma

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Walmart joins rival retailers by launching its service for clinical trial recruitment, stating that it will focus on older, rural, women and minority populations.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

MAY 22, 2023

Contrary to the common misconception that they only work in community pharmacies, pharmacists can work in various areas such as government, education, industry, hospital, retail, and digital healthcare. But she spends a lot of time on experiential education and student-related tasks and also works part-time at a family medicine clinic.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 21, 2023

Retail clinics, urgent care centers, telehealth companies, payers and private equity firms are all looking to recruit doctors, leading to growing salaries. Physician and advanced practitioner salaries are growing, reflecting a workforce in strong demand and limited supply, a new AMN Healthcare report has found.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

UnitedHealth Group is poised to widen its lead in the Medicare Advantage market through a partnership with the retail giant Walmart. UnitedHealth will also help Walmart Health clinics manage care for all of their Medicare Advantage patients, regardless of insurer, starting with 15 locations in Georgia and Florida and growing from there.

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STAT

JANUARY 8, 2024

Wentworth assumed the helm of the retail pharmacy conglomerate after its previous CEO Rosalind Brewer was ousted at the end of summer 2023.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

billion is just the latest in a string of primary care clinic buyouts by other retailers and insurance companies. Amazon, Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Cigna have already thrown their chips on the table, investing in or outright purchasing primary care clinic organizations.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

David Kirkus PharmD, Director of Consulting Services, EnlivenHealth Pharmacies use cutting-edge digital technologies to enhance patient engagement, maximize revenue performance, and deliver high-value clinical services. Some pharmacies operated in a manual setting, attempting to accomplish everything simultaneously.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

announced that it has agreed to acquire FDS Amplicare, a leading technology solutions provider for the retail pharmacy industry. Danny Sanchez Vice President and General Manager, EnlivenHealth ™ Omnicell, Inc. The combination of EnlivenHealth and FDS Amplicare will help us advance and accelerate that transformative mission.

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Fuld

JULY 27, 2021

retail pharmacies. Forces Playing Out in the New Omni-Channel Retail Pharmacy Market. All of the big pharmacy chains have been testing out expanded care models with in-store health clinics for well over a decade in an attempt to supply services beyond simply drug sales. New Retail Pharmacy Clinic Strategies.

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STAT

OCTOBER 12, 2022

… Walmart plans to help drug companies and contract research organizations identify and recruit individuals to fill their clinical trials, pitting it against Walgreens and CVS Health , Reuters tells us. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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AUGUST 1, 2023

The jobs affected are mostly corporate positions and the company does not expect that customer-oriented roles in pharmacies, stores, and clinics will be affected. billion deal for Oak Street Health, which operates primary-care clinics for the elderly. CVS operates more than 9,000 retail locations and 1,100 walk-in clinics nationwide.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

JANUARY 25, 2023

Franklin Roye, PharmD, is President of IndyCare , a retail health and wellness center based in North Carolina that provides technology-enhanced, collaborative care on-demand at your local independent community pharmacy. There are certainly retail pharmacies with clinics inside of them; think CVS Minute Clinic, Walgreens, and Kroger.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 17, 2022

Walgreens is the latest US retail pharmacy giant to have a go at disrupting the clinical trials industry, with the launch of a new business unit that will tap into its reserve of patient data, as well as the ability to recruit patients across its retail network. — Walgreens News (@WalgreensNews) June 14, 2022.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Lack of access, strict regulations, and demanding schedules have made it extremely difficult for patients to participate in clinical trials. A 2018 NIH survey found that patients felt clinical trial participation to be inconvenient and burdensome, and nearly half (49.0%) said it disrupted their daily routine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The key features of the initiative included ensuring vaccine availability in all communities, addressing vaccine hesitancy with education through local partnerships and establishing offsite and mobile vaccine clinics with local and national partners. Ramita Tandon, chief clinical trials officer, Walgreens.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 20, 2022

In recent years the retail pharmacy chain has begun to delve more and more deeply into the healthcare sector – by constantly expanding the basic healthcare services offered at their instore Minute Clinics, and by buying into the health insurance insurance space with their $69 billion purchase of Aetna in 2017. Take us back to May 2020.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

While the normal retail price of valacyclovir is $200 for 30 tablets, the lowest SingleCare discount price for the same purchase is only $10. For instance, a SingleCare savings card could reduce the retail price of valacyclovir and other prescription meds by more than 80%. You can buy Valtrex with a SingleCare coupon, too.

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Board Vitals - Pharmacist

JANUARY 11, 2024

Retail Drug Stores or Pharmacies: Here, pharmacists dispense customer medications and answer any questions that patients may have about prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, or other health concerns. Pharmaceutical industry: Pharmacists may design or conduct clinical drug trials and help to develop new drugs.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

APRIL 4, 2023

It utilizes telehealth technologies as a clinical tool in delivering patient-centered care. When her supply was exhausted, she called in a refill to her retail pharmacy. She called me, and I realized that the retail pharmacy had not been notified of the insulin dose change. It’s unique in its mode of delivery.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even better news is that the retail price can be reduced dramatically, especially with prescription savings cards. At the full retail price, buspirone treatment may cost between $12 at twice-daily and $20 at three-times-a-day dosing for a 30-day supply. Buspirone is typically covered by most insurance plans.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The suggested amendments are part of a series of reforms to make full use of registered pharmacy technicians’ knowledge and skills and free-up pharmacist time to deliver more clinical services and ensure these are fit for the future, the DHSC said.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

James Stevenson PharmD, FASHP, Chief Clinical Officer, Omnicell The United States faces a shortage of physicians – expected to reach approximately 139,000 by 2030. Retail clinics will also play an essential role in supporting healthcare needs among the medically underserved population.

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