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Articles in Nov 19, 2007 issue of Chain Drug Review

• The primary message is about wellness
• Retail Rx files Medicaid suit
  by John Schultz
• First Walgreens store in Hawaii opens doors
• Panzer resins from Rite Aid
• 2007 sales scoreboard
• Parrish steps down at Cardinal
• Medicare DME changes a concern
• Ryan adds chairman's duties at CVS/Caremark
• Rite Aid's PBM appoints Aizen
• A new Rite Aid is in the making
• Top-notch exec team gears up
• Integration proceeds on well-defined schedule
• Rite Aid culture spells cohesiveness
• Taking a page from supermarketers
• Pharmacy and front end go hand in hand
• Communication is instantaneous
• Rite Aid future requires consistency
• Tearing Rx down to build Rx up
• Rite Aid intent on growing the pharmacist's role
• Rite Aid makes patient connection
• Chain drug stores par excellence
• In big plan, Rite Aid keeps a focus on detail
• Merchandise assortment becomes a shade more convenient
• Customers want a reason to shop a store
• Rite Aid seniors special nod
• 'With Us, It's Personal' via web site
• Another way of putting everything together
• Take 10 achieves desired results
• Rite Aid family is many, varied
• Giving stores a fresh, new appearance
• 'We have to differentiate ourselves'
• Need to give back acknowledged
• Rite Aid is always there in a crisis
• After profits surge 143%, CVS/Caremark raises outlook
• Special items have impact on McKesson earnings
• What comes after the assimilation is over: Rite Aid's option is to recast the chain as consumers' top choice for health, wellness
  by David Pinto
• Lawsuit a watershed for retail Rx: patient access is one big concern
  by Jeffrey Woldt
• Colomer names brand manager
• Alberto-Culver launches girls line
• Markwins' Tropez addresses needs of Hispanic women
• Chains cater to 'specific needs': retailers are learning to meet the need of a broad range of consumers
  by Mike Vogel
• AHBAI puts focus on profitability
• Hair care experiences pull of trend toward total health
• Hispanics avid beauty shoppers
• Keeping up with the consumer is the name of the game
• In-store health clinics add another dimension to the category management equation
• Future of Rx tied to technology
  by Geoff Walden
• InkTec Zone America is piloting its Ink-O-Matic ink-jet cartridge-refilling apparatus in a national drug chain and an Eastern drug chain
• McKesson Corp. has launched a payer-direct initiative to provide comprehensive connectivity to streamline financial interactions, dramatically reduce administrative paperwork and increase collaboration between payers and health care providers
• Contactless payment is proliferating at retail, according to speakers at a re cent Smart Card Alliance conference
• Seven out of 10 customers of leading retail chains would use prescription pickup kiosks, according to a survey provided by Wilson Health Information LLC
• 'Operational gains are being achieved'
• Script counts rise with electronic prescribing
• CMS encourages move to EHRs
• RFID revenue model to evolve significantly
• ScriptPro LLC has worked with the University of Kansas Hospital to design and implement the first chemotherapy preparation room supported by telepharmacy
• AmMed HomeCare Pharmacy, a full-service mail-order pharmacy, last winter implemented one PharmASSIST ROBOTx system and two PharmASSIST SmartCabinet systems from Innovation Associates Inc. to handle the filling of about 10,000 prescriptions monthly
• Trasylol marketing on hold
• Nycomed makes purchase
• Health system is unprepared if big disaster strikes the U.S
• Drugs seized
• Flu shots urged
• Birth control
• Senior safety
• Ed Cannon is chosen as new CEO of AerovectRx
• RxElite choices
• Valli Baldassano
• William Pullman
• Joseph Haggerty
• Douglas Dobak
• Herbert Luther
• Pharmacists' role, impact are predicted to expand
• Patients give high marks to independents
• Research to examine tamoxifen, genetics
• Drug imports pose challenge for FDA
• Growth in employer Rx costs reaches a 12-year low in '07
• HDMA Honors Notable Achievers
• U.S. headquarters is launched by Eisai
• Providers push electronic scripts
• Abilify approval

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