Byline: Chuck Williams Jan. 27--ATLANTA -- Columbus Technical College President Bob Jones made a plea for almost $13.7 million in state money Thursday before a Georgia House subcommittee. Jones told state representatives on the Higher Education Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee
Byline: David Dodds Jan. 24--UND research chief Peter Alfonso said the school learned a ton from its first pitch to a state Centers of Excellence screening panel last month. The commission, which reviews applications that promote business links with higher education, turned back a first request by
Source: Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, North Dakota) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-03-05
The Victims Edition: FINAL Section: A Section JAMES LEWIS As a former triathlete, Lewis, 47, had lots of aches and pains. He also suffered from anxiety. He turned to Internet pharmacies in South Africa, Thailand and Spain to buy painkillers. Unmarked packages containing Darvon, codeine, Largactil,
Doctors Medicate Strangers on Web; Some Physicians Face Own Troubles Byline: Gilbert M. Gaul and Mary Pat Flaherty Washington Post Staff Writers Edition: FINAL Section: A Section SAN ANTONIO -- Third of five articles At his worst, Ernesto A. Cantu was injecting himself 10 times a day with Demerol,
Byline: Angela Shah May 21--The Texas economy continued its slow recovery in April as employers added 12,100 jobs to payrolls, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday. Still, that increase cements a milestone: The Texas labor market has reached the level of employment last seen at the peak
Source: The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-03-05
For all its success in the United States and there is plenty of it Wal-Mart Stores is still struggling to figure out its home turf, where sales growth at individual stores has sagged, its customers routinely flirt with rivals like Target for clothing, and its advertising has often failed to
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2006-03-04
For all its success in the United States and there is plenty of it Wal-Mart Stores is still struggling to figure out its home turf, where sales growth at individual stores has sagged, its customers routinely flirt with rivals like Target for clothing, and its advertising has often failed to
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2006-03-04
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario -- On June 6, 2003, Mario Pilozzi, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Canada, was one of four speakers who addressed a substantial crowd gathered on a bluff near Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. On D-Day 59 years before, on nearby Juno Beach, Canadian
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 February 2006-SmallCapReview: Stocks to Watch: Resolve Staffing, AT&T(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22022006 Resolve Staffing (OTC BB: RSFF) Announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to merge with ELS Human Resource Solutions, Inc. (ELS), headquartered in
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arcadia Resources, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ACDI) , a leading national provider of home care and staffing services, including travel nursing; mail-order pharmacy; health and wellness mail order catalog and Internet; Sears retail stores; and durable
NEW YORK -- Pharmacists are making the best of the problem-plagued Medicare drug benefit while awaiting expected improvements as Insurers and the government increase staffing for the program. Our pharmacists, technicians and others have worked tirelessly and endlessly to fill over a million
Statement of William Fleming Vice President, Pharmacy Management, Humana Inc. Committee on Senate Finance February 08, 2006 Mr. Chairman, Senator Baucus, and other members of the Committee, thank you for permitting me to testify about one of the most important benefits Medicare beneficiaries now
DESPITE MULTIPLE EFFORTS in the past decade to reduce spending, the costs of health care continue to climb. In an effort to quell the backlash from managed care, hospitals have reduced some cost-control mechanisms such as gatekeepers and preauthorization requirements (Strunk, Ginsburg, & Gabel,
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The job of administering medications to patients has gotten safer and more efficient for nurses at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center (JARMC) in Meridian, Miss. with the installation of the new Omnicell, Inc. Point-to-Point Medication Safety(TM)
Statement of David W. Bernauer Chairman and CEO, Walgreen Co. Committee on Senate Finance February 08, 2006 Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Baucus, and Members of the Senate Finance Committee, I am David W. Bernauer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Walgreen Company, which is based in
Statement of Mark McClellan Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Committee on Senate Finance February 08, 2006 Chairman Grassley, Senator Baucus, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss the implementation of the new Medicare prescription
OPERATOR: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Shoppers Drug Mart 2005 fourth quarter results conference call. Please note that this call is being webcast live and will also be archived on the Shoppers Drug Mart website at www.shoppersdrugmart.ca. Please also be advised that this
Statement of Mark B. McClellan Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Committee on Senate Special Aging February 2, 2006 Chairman Smith, Senator Kohl, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss the implementation of the new Medicare prescription
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -Cynthia Colazzi-Tucker has been a driving force in developing a team of dedicated pharmacy professionals who truly care about their patients, both in her store here as well as in her role as a district training pharmacist. My store has been selected as a training store, and we
TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 26, 2005 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Swiss Medica Inc. (OTCBB:SWME), is pleased to announce that it has received a purchase order from a large U.S. national pharmacy chain for its U.S.-patented, clinically tested PMS Escape product. PMS Escape will be available throughout the USA
Source: Canadian Corporate News
Posted: 2006-02-27
TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 25, 2005 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Swiss Medica, Inc. (OTCBB:SWME), is pleased to announce that purchase orders from a large U.S. national pharmacy chain and a dominant U.S. regional pharmacy chain have increased coverage for the O24 Pain Neutralizer product to more than 13,000
Source: Canadian Corporate News
Posted: 2006-02-27
Byline: David Wichner Feb. 2--The retired head of research at the University of Arizona has joined the Tucson-based Critical Path Institute, a UA- and FDA-affiliated drug research institute, as head of its affiliations with research universities. Richard C. Powell, who retired as UA vice president
Source: The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Andrew, Genevieve Gladys LIVINGSTON - Genevieve Gen Gladys (Trankle) Andrew, age 78, passed away peacefully in the arms of her family, at her home on Feb. 1, 2006, from end-stage congestive heart failure. Gen was born on Feb. 23, 1927, in Cobb, to William and Vera (Lindauer) Trankle. She grew up on
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: Carol Gentry Feb. 23--TAMPA -- A Florida-led protest group for independent druggists says they are being crippled by slow cash flow under the new Medicare drug plan. In a release issued Wednesday, the group, GrassRootsRx.org , accused drug plans of stalling claims payments to retail
Source: Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: Phil Galewitz Feb. 11--Since the Medicare prescription drug benefit began last month, the federal government has stepped up efforts to block Americans from buying cheaper medicines from Canada by seizing drugs at international mail-processing centers in the U.S., including Miami, according
Source: The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-25
According to Field Representative Vanessa Porter Rogers of Health-Spring Medicare Advantage Plan, prescription drugs and medical coverage is now available to seniors on Medicare and those receiving Social Security disability support. "People are often surprised when Medicare fails to pay all their
Byline: Phil Galewitz Jan. 24--Responding to widespread complaints about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, two top state and federal health officials on Monday told pharmacists they were working to resolve the problems that have led to thousands of poor and disabled people having trouble
Source: The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Byline: John Fauber It was a joyous spring day as Gina and Jim Spicka walked into their Wisconsin home with their infant daughter, Paige, hoping, finally, for a semblance of normalcy after a three-month hospital drama. But in short order, their home life became a nightmare. Their inconsolable baby
(The Daily Free Press) (U-WIRE) BOSTON -- As of 5 p.m. on Thursday, Massachusetts state Wal-Mart pharmacies had stocked the emergency contraception pill, or Plan B, following a mandate from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy obligating the superstore to hold "commonly prescribed
Dateline: BOSTON Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart lawsuit, Julie Battel, left, Katrina McCarty, center, and Rebekah Gee, right, who were denied emergency contraception at Wal-Mart pharmacies in the Greater Boston area, are seen during a news conference in Boston, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. The state board that
Dateline: BOSTON The state pharmacy board on Tuesday ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock emergency contraception pills at its stores in Massachusetts, and the retailing giant said it would consider reviewing its nationwide policy on stocking the contraceptive. The directive by the Massachusetts
BOSTON, Feb 14, 2006 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) -- Following is a statement of Melissa Kogut, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, at press conference in response to Pharmacy Board decision requiring Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception: Just two weeks ago, I stood here in
Dateline: BOSTON The state board that oversees pharmacies voted Tuesday to require Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception pills at its Massachusetts pharmacies, a spokeswoman at the Department of Public Health said. The unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy comes two weeks
Dateline: BOSTON The state board that oversees pharmacies voted Tuesday to require the retail chain store Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception pills at its Massachusetts pharmacies, a spokeswoman at the Department of Public Health said. The unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Board of
Dateline: BOSTON Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart lawsuit, Julie Battel, left, Katrina McCarty, center, and Rebekah Gee, right, who were denied emergency contraception at Wal-Mart pharmacies in the Greater Boston area, are seen during a news conference in Boston, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. The state board that
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 January 2006-Research and Markets: The mail-order pharmacies market grows as large companies such as Microsoft and General Motors offer mandatory mail-order benefits to their employees.(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13012006 Dublin: Research and Markets
-- Proprietary automation/technology proven 23 times more accurate than retail benchmark -- Study supports national movement toward use of technology to improve patient safety FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echoing the call of legislators and healthcare visionaries to
NEW YORK -- The drug store industry is being increasingly confronted with a major threat to its top and bottom lines--mandatory mail-order prescription drug programs. These programs, generally imposed by pharmacy benefits management companies, not only impact the sales of prescription drugs, the
PHILADELPHIA -- Pharmacy benefits management companies (PBMs) have traditionally assured their clients that they have a choice as it pertains to the way prescriptions are dispensed to their members but that choice usually comes down to an option of one, mail order, according to Bob Zimmerman,
UNIDENTIFIED COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE: Okay, good morning everyone. The next company will be Celgene Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company based in Summit, New Jersey, focused on the development and commercialization of products for oncology and inflammatory diseases. They just got Revlimid