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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health on Wednesday outlined its plan for formulary management in 2018, which includes the removal of 17 products from its Standard Control Formulary. The move is part of the company’s rigorous approach to formulary management that it began in 2012. Since starting this effort, the company said it will bring $13.4 billion in cumulative savings to its pharmacy benefits manager clients through 2018.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health and the Boston Red Sox on Monday teamed up to bring an all-girls softball team to Fenway park for the CVS Health Batting Camp. Members of the Suffield, Conn., Pink Pugs got to learn from Red Sox hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Victor Rodriguez, completed an on-field batting practice, posed for photos in front of the Green Monster, and had lunch in the Red Sox dugout.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced Thursday that the opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone is now available without an individual prescription at all CVS Pharmacy locations in South Dakota.  Under a collaborative practice agreement between CVS pharmacists and a local physician, CVS pharmacies, located inside Target stores in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, can dispense the medication to patients without the need for a separate visit to a prescriber.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic on Tuesday announced the expansion of their eight-year clinical affiliation in Northeast Ohio and Florida. The expanded partnership will include various efforts to better coordinate patient care and provide services to support healthy outcomes for Cleveland Clinic patients in these regions.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has opened a new Talent Connect Center that will serve the Fort Bragg, N.C. military community as part of the newly dedicated Fort Bragg Career Resource Center. The center serves as a skills-focused employment training facility that connects service members leaving active duty with companies who can offer training and employment.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is teaming up with Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to help open an opioid Center of Excellence here, where the company has its headquarters, in an effort expand access to medication-assisted treatment. The company has committed $250,000 to the Community Care Alliance to open and operate the Woonsocket Center.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health’s MinuteClinic on Tuesday announced that it had joined the Alere eScreen Occupational Health Network in a move that will allow employers to direct employees to MinuteClinic to complete occupational health screenings.

Adult bath products offering a Zen-like experience are bubbling to the surface in mass stores and helping to perk up sales, along with Epsom salt soaks. Consumers are favoring products with a purpose over simply fragrant bath additives. That explains the 26% climb in volume of Dr. Teal’s, which offers a Pure Epsom Salt Soak, along with body wash and foaming bath. It is the No.1 selling SKU in the bath category.