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A conundrum of regulatory issues and decisions in coming months threaten to stifle community retail pharmacy’s goal of advancing patient access to health care services designed to lower overall costs....More

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A group of senators drew praise from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) this week for their efforts in questioning draft federal upper limit (FUL) lists for Medicaid generic drug reimbursement recently published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)....More

ORLANDO, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores said Tuesday has joined the Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance, which supports expanding access to community-based pharmacy programs that use evidence-based approaches to help prevent and control diabetes....More

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Novartis Consumer Health is recalling all lots of select bottle configurations of Excedrin and NoDoz products with expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2014, or earlier as well as Bufferin and Gas-Z Prevention products with dates of Dec. 20, 2013, or earlier....More

SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets here on Wednesday said former Walgreen executive Joseph S. Douglas has joined the company as vice president of pharmacy....More

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. — In separate meetings, shareholders of Medco Health Solutions here and Express Scripts, St. Louis, approved a proposed merger agreement between the two pharmacy benefit managers....More

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a controversial bill yesterday that prohibits health insurers from requiring policy holders to have their prescriptions filled by mail order....More

SPRINGFIELD, MA — Big Y Foods here announced it has entered into an agreement to buy the assets of two pharmacy locations here and in Wilbraham, Mass., operated by Louis & Clark Drug Stores....More

CARLISLE, Pa. — The New Jersey Retail Merchants Association in Trenton has named David Sencabaugh, director of pharmacy professional services for Ahold USA here, the New Jersey Council of Chain Drug Stores 2011 Pharmacist of the Year....More

CAMP HILL, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Pharmacy Council opposes the planned merger of two large pharmacy benefit management companies, Medco Health Solutions and Express Scripts (ESI), it announced Monday....More

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores announced it launched an app for iPhone, Android or Blackberry smartphones that will help shoppers manage their prescriptions and locate the nearest Winn-Dixie Pharmacy....More

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bi-Lo here is using its Fuelperks rewards to entice shoppers to get a $29 flu shot....More