HEALTH

Vitamin Angels, Walgreens reach goal to help 100 million children and mothers
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Just over two years into its collaboration with the charity, Vitamin Angels, Walgreens has reached its goal of helping to provide 100 million children and mothers with essential vitamins and supplements they need to help prevent blindness and other serious conditions in undernourished children around the world. The company announced the milestone more than a year ahead of its original goal to achieve it by the end of 2017.
Optimum Nutrition launches weight gain, muscle building supplement
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Optimum Nutrition on Tuesday announced the release of Gold Standard Gainer to help support weight gain, muscle building and recovery. The newest addition to the brand's Gold Standard line addresses consumer demand for a gainer that mixes easily and delivers superior taste.

CHPA Educational Foundation Gala 2016 coming to NYC’s Rainbow Room

NEW YORK — CHPA and the CHPA Educational Foundation will be holding the CHPA Educational Foundation Gala 2016 in New York City on November 14. The boards of both organizations will be in attendance at the gala, which will be held at the Rainbow Room, located atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Merchandising ‘Better Health Made Easy’

Two years ago, CVS Pharmacy made the bold decision to walk away from tobacco. It was the right move for a lot of reasons, but the fact remained: There was a $2 billion sales hole that needed to be plugged.

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CVS puts its brand on innovation

This isn’t your parents’ private-label business any more. To be sure, the rules of the store brand game have changed over the years — price matters, but it certainly isn’t the only factor driving the growing consumer interest in private label that exists today.

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Millennials turn to external pain relief

The demographic that’s driving much of the 10.3% growth across external analgesics may come as a surprise because it isn’t an arthritis-suffering baby boomer.

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BI launches new combination antacid

Boehringer Ingelheim is looking to spark some excitement across the antacids aisle with the June launch of its Duo Fusion combination antacid, “from the makers of Zantac,” which couples a fast-acting heartburn remedy with an H2 blocker to provide both immediate and longer-lasting relief from heartburn. “We saw an opportunity to trade up consumers from antacids to an H2 [blocker],” said Marc Rovner, general manager Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Healthcare, in an interview with Drug Store News.
Hisamitsu launches Salonpas gel patch

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Hisamitsu America has launched the new Salonpas Lidocaine 4% Pain Relieving Gel-Patch, the company announced Monday. The patch includes the maximum strength lidocaine available without a prescription and uses a proprietary hydro-gel technology to soothe aggravated nerves, the company said.
Double down on health: CVS Health is leading a retail health revolution

Who’s leading the retail health revolution? One of the chief innovators in the transformation of U.S. health care is surely CVS Health.

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Conversions complete, CVS brings customer service, pharmacy tools to Target shoppers

In the slightly less than one year since CVS Health acquired all of Target’s 1,669 pharmacies and 79 retail clinics, the company has completed the process of turning them into CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations, converting as many as 150 stores per week at the peak of the integration process.

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