Stories Tagged as
Pharmacies
How are companies like GoodRx able to provide drug discounts?
by
Janet Nguyen
Feb 2, 2024
Discount card companies negotiate directly with pharmacies or pharmacy benefit managers, the powerful brokers that control drug prices.
Rite Aid's bankruptcy reflects how much the corner drugstore has changed
Oct 16, 2023
Corporate mergers and competition from supermarkets, discount clubs and online startups — among other forces — have altered how pharmacies need to do business.
Walgreens pharmacists are walking off the job to protest working conditions
by
Henry Epp
Oct 11, 2023
Retail pharmacists deal with understaffing and burnout as their job responsibilities expand beyond dispensing medication.
What the vaccine rollout is like for three community pharmacists
Apr 16, 2021
They've struggled with exhaustion, low staffing levels and no-shows for appointments.
Big pharmacy chains start giving COVID vaccines today
Feb 12, 2021
But it's not as easy as just showing up at a store and expecting to get a shot.
Pharmacies are playing a bigger role in local retail during the pandemic
by
Erika Beras
Aug 5, 2020
They're more and more becoming one-stop shops for people who want to consolidate shopping trips.
Costco and Instacart expand deliveries to include prescription drugs
Apr 20, 2020
It's an effort to compete with drugstore chains and pharmacy startups.
For public good, not for profit.
CVS bets on becoming "a 360 health company"
by
Jack Stewart
May 1, 2019
The company is finding ways to attract more customers.
Grocery retailer Albertsons to buy drugstore chain Rite Aid
Feb 20, 2018
Albertsons is plunging deeper into the pharmacy business.