Owens plans to open 9th pharmacy at former Blockbuster store - Record Searchlight

Independent pharmacies are no different from your neighborhood supermarket or dress shop. Whether it's the big-box discounter down the block or the Internet, it's tough to survive in today's retail environment. But Owens Healthcare has faced the ...

Rasmussen: 56% of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization; 58% if it's in Pharmacies - Huffington Post

The latest public opinion poll to ask Americans about legalizing marijuana like alcohol and tobacco shows 56% agree with the idea, according to Rasmussen Reports.  The support for marijuana legalization rises if it is to be sold only in pharmacies: A new ...

Oregon pharmacists say: We're not burger flippers - Oregonian

Last week, the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy approved new rules governing working conditions in pharmacies. These rules may compel some of the big chain stores, which are coming to dominate the pharmacy world, to adopt more patient-centered ...

Cohasset stores with pharmacies can still sell cigarettes - Patriot Ledger

Cohasset’s three stores with pharmacies – CVS, Walgreens and Stop & Shop – can continue selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, voters decided Monday night. In a continuation of the May 12 town meeting, voters rejected a proposal by Cohasset ...

Babbitt's pharmacy victimized by fire, then the times - Marketplace.publicradio.org

Independent pharmacies still make up nearly half of all the pharmacies in rural Minnesota. But their numbers are dwindling, and chain stores are not moving in to take their place. Over the past three years, 55 independent pharmacies outside the ...

Pharmacies can now give more shots - Boston Herald

BOSTON -- Massachusetts residents can now get more than just flu shots at the neighborhood pharmacy. A new policy adopted by state health regulators gives pharmacists the authority to administer 10 additional adult vaccines. They are for measles, mumps ...

Storage, retrieval solution benefits pharmacies - Engineering News

Unit materials handling specialist Storsure has added two more independent pharmacies to its list of customers using German-manufactured Apostore automated dispensing machines, says Storsure director John Meiring. Apostore was rated one of Germany’s most ...

Boots pharmacies reduce prescription medicine costs up by to 25pc - Independent

CONSUMERS can expect reductions in the region of 25pc in the cost of prescription drugs at Boots pharmacies, it was announced today. The chain of 65 chemists countrywide said that from June 1 the top ten prescription medicines will reduce in price.

Prices on the new generic Plavix vary widely, so shop around - Consumer Reports.org

Those looking to save on the new generic Plavix (clopidogrel) are in luck. We phoned 30 pharmacies around the U.S. and found the price for a month's supply of the 75 milligram (mg) dose varied from less than $15 at several Costco pharmacies to $ ...

Shoppers Drug Mart signs agreement to buy pharmacies from Paragon - Winnipeg Free Press

TORONTO - Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (TSX:SC) has signed a $75-million agreement with Paragon Pharmacies Ltd. to purchase 19 retail pharmacies and three central fill pharmacies in Western Canada. The country's largest drug store chain made the purchase as ...