RETAIL NEWS

HOUSTON — RediClinic last week unveiled a redesigned website that makes it even easier for people to access high-quality, cost-effective convenient care. Using the new site, patients can make an appointment with one click, personalize their entire RediClinic experience, access customer reviews and browse actionable health content.

WAYNE, Pa. — Supervalu on Tuesday replaced its mainframe technology infrastructure as part of a strategic relationship with Sungard Availability Services, a provider of information availability through managed IT, cloud and recovery services. Together, the two companies will replace Supervalu's legacy mainframe IT environment under a transformation program aimed at reducing costs, improving flexibility and supporting Supervalu's strengths as a service provider to its network of more than 2,000 grocery stores.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health, in partnership with Drug Store News and Mack Elevation, is hosting an innovation summit Tuesday, bringing together leaders from such major healthcare, technology and consumer brands as Facebook, Under Armour, Google and IBM, among others, for a discussion about emerging trends that are helping reshape the healthcare industry.

WASHINGTON — In a decision that will have a big impact on the burgeoning biosimilars market, the Supreme Court on Monday overturned an appeals court decision which said Sandoz had to wait 180 days under federal law after receiving Food and Drug Administration approval to launch its biosimilar of Amgen’s Neupogen (filgrastim), Zarxio (filgrastim-sndz). The court did not rule out the possibility of state law allowing such an injunction, sending that question to a lower court.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Even as media reports circulated Friday that the Federal Trade Commission was preparing to block the merger between Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid, one of the merger’s key players took steps to help strengthen the case to approve it. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Fred's Pharmacy secured additional financing Friday to meet its obligation of acquiring as many as 1,200 Rite Aid stores that are expected to be divested as part of the merger.

One year after the project was formally announced, the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s Supplement OWL initiative became a reality this spring when the online product registry went live. A resource for regulators, retailers and the industry, the OWL is an industry-wide, self-regulatory initiative that will help create a rich and more complete picture of the marketplace, and can be accessed by anyone.

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada's Competition Bureau last week approved Rx Drug Mart as the buyer of 27 Rexall Pharmacy locations being divested by McKesson Canada as part of the company's consent agreement.

The retail pharmacies are in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Ontario and Saskatchewan.