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April 26th 2025
New research confirms hydroxyurea's long-term effectiveness in reducing hospital visits for children with sickle cell anemia, supporting its use as standard treatment.
Major Chain Pharmacies Stocking Naloxone in Maryland
December 21st 2014Responding to a request from state officials to provide greater access to naloxone, CVS Health, Walgreens, and other chain pharmacies will stock and dispense the opioid overdose antidote in stores across Maryland, as well as train their pharmacists on administering the lifesaving medication.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease May Be Inherited
December 20th 2014Taking another step toward preventing and treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international team of investigators has determined that the gut bacteria behind Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis may be inherited, and antibiotics can make those patients' gut imbalance worse.
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FDA Approves Viekira Pak for Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus
December 19th 2014The FDA today approved ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets copackaged with dasabuvir tablets to treat individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection, including patients with cirrhosis.
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HHS Partners With Nation's Largest Pharmacies to Promote Health Insurance Marketplace
December 19th 2014Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that HHS is collaborating with the nation's largest pharmacies to encourage enrollment through the Health Insurance Marketplace at thousands of locations across the country. Ahold USA Companies, Bi-Lo Holdings, CVS Health, H-E-B, Kroger, Rite Aid, Walgreens and Walmart are playing an important role in providing information about the Health Insurance Marketplace to people across the country.
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NACDS Takes TRICARE Advocacy to Key Military Commission
December 19th 2014In a letter to the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission today, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores emphasized the substantial health-boosting and cost-reducing benefits that the pharmacist-patient relationship can produce for military families and veterans, and for the Department of Defense.
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Haggen to Expand from 18 Stores to 164 Stores with Major Acquisition
December 19th 2014Pacific Northwest grocery chain Haggen today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 146 stores. With this acquisition, which remains subject to FTC approval, Haggen will expand from 18 stores with 16 pharmacies to 164 stores with 106 pharmacies; from 2,000 employees to more than 10,000 employees.
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The CVS Health Research Institute today released a first look at the comparative utilization of two new hepatitis C treatments in the weeks following their respective launches. The analysis shows an increase in the number of eligible hepatitis C patients being treated following the October launch of Harvoni®, the newest hepatitis C treatment.
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