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  • Walmart makes $250K donation to Tennessee wildfires

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart and the Walmart Foundation will provide $250,000 in support to help relief efforts for those affected by the Tennessee wildfires in Sevier County.

    The wildfires have killed 14 people, injured an additional 175 people and damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 homes and businesses, according to media reports.

  • Trump to tap fast-food exec as labor secretary

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Donald Trump will name Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, as labor secretary, according to several media reports.

    Puzder, whose company operates the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s burger retail chains, has argued against raising the minimum wage to more than $9 per hour. He also has been an advocate of cutting back or eliminating regulations he claims have been a detriment to the restaurant industry and has been critical of the Affordable Care Act.

  • 21st Century Cures Act passes Senate, heads to Obama’s desk

    WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 94-5 on Wednesday to pass the 21st Century Cures Act, sending it to the desk of President Barack Obama. The act, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Nov. 30, includes funding to support the fight against prescription drug abuse and funding for the National Institutes of Health’s cancer initiative, known as Vice President Joe Biden’s “cancer moonshot” initiative, which was renamed by the Senate after Biden’s son, Beau, who died of cancer in 2015. 
     

  • Legislative progress: Q&A with NACDS’s Steve Anderson

    Drug Store News caught up with NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson for a recap of 2016 and a look ahead at what to expect from a Trump administration.

    DSN: What is the RxImpact scorecard for 2016? How did the industry do on the key pharmacy and patient access issues?

  • CHPA adds seasoned executive to government affairs team

    WASHINGTON — The Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Friday named Marc Schloss senior director and head of federal government affairs where he will be responsible for developing and implementing federal lobbying strategies on behalf of CHPA and member companies.

  • Industry praises Congressional support behind TRICARE pilot program in NDAA

    ARLINGTON, Va. —  In the past week Congressional leaders passed the final National Defense Authorization Act that includes the industry-supported “Pilot Program for Prescription Drug Acquisition Cost Parity in the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program.”

  • CRN CEO named to U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Association Committee of 100

    WASHINGTON — Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, has been named to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Association Committee of 100 (C100). For more than 50 years, leading association executives have gathered under the banner of the U.S. Chamber’s C100 to network, build partnerships, discuss current issues and represent the association community before the U.S. Chamber’s Board of Directors.

  • Direction of health in America takes shape with Trump nomination of HHS, CMS leaders

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