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The Stork is a low-cost option that involves no shots, scans or prescriptions, and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the company said.

Hy-Vee is expanding the health clinic operations in its stores, both in terms of the size of the clinics and the number of clinics it offers.

Hy-Vee, which has been a pioneer in the use of in-store dietitians in supermarkets, recently began rolling out a new dietitian-led store tour program that focuses on three disease states in particular — diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol.

Garden of Life partnered with actress, best-selling author and health advocate Alicia Silverstone, co-created a line of herbal supplements that are Certified USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, gluten-free and vegan.

Selling in the tobacco category is not what it used to be. The Food and Drug Administration has placed several regulations within the industry, that category observers said, soon could start to hinder companies’ abilities to innovate in the category given the cost and regulatory burden.

Drug Store News assembled a virtual roundtable of executives from generics companies to discuss the state of the industry and the challenges ahead, and how their companies plan to tackle them.

Hy-Vee is looking closely at opportunities to be on the cutting edge of pharmacogenomics, the emerging area of treatment in which medications are tailored to individual genetic makeup.

Consumers now want to be able to take diagnostic tests at home or at their local pharmacy, and they want to interpret the results without having to make an appointment at their physician’s office