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Rite Aid hits bleak milestone as America's pharmacy desert grows
03 Jul 2025 08:53 GMT
… pharmacy deserts' — communities that do not have sufficient access to drugstores … research.
Rite Aid rivals CVS and Walgreens have also suffered … forced to shutter stores.
CVS has gone through a … considering a $10 billion deal to sell itself to private …
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Jim Beam column: CVS lawsuits won’t solve PBM concerns
28 Jun 2025 12:19 GMT
… receive high-cost specialty drugs that smaller pharmacies find difficult to handle … defend itself vigorously.
CVS said, “Our communication with CVS customers, patients and … were created to negotiate better deals for consumers on medicines. However …
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The Problem with PBM: Pharmacies struggle with Medicaid rules
27 Jun 2025 02:15 GMT
… . They negotiate prices between drug manufacturers and pharmacies, as well as determine … . In July 2024, executives from CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRX all … for Medicaid. Rather than seeing pharmacies deal with multiple departments or contacts …
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CVS plans to purchase Blaine Rite Aid
26 Jun 2025 01:11 GMT
… the end of September.
CVS Pharmacy spokesperson Amy Thibault wrote in … the deal was expected to close September 21, and CVS Pharmacy would … be seamlessly transferred to CVS Pharmacy upon the closing.”
A … was changing to a CVS Pharmacy recently appeared on the …
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Roundup: State sues CVS / Gulf energy supply / ESPN and lacrosse
26 Jun 2025 00:27 GMT
… filing three lawsuits against CVS and its affiliates alleging … Joined by dozens of independent pharmacists at the state Capitol, Landry … ESPN is renewing its media deal with the Premier Lacrosse League … organization. The five-year deal will begin with the 2026 …
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Rite Aid Pharmacy in Moses Lake to Close Sunday
25 Jun 2025 21:33 GMT
… pharmacy as soon as possible.
The closure comes after a potential deal … to sell the store and pharmacy operations to CVS fell … location shortly before a deal was finalized. While CVS had reached an …
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Gov. Landry, Atty. Gen. Murrill Announce Three Lawsuits Against CVS
24 Jun 2025 21:01 GMT
… lawsuits against CVS.
This comes after CVS sent text … deals directly with the text messages, while a second suit alleges pharmacy … benefit manager abuse on the part of CVS. …
The third lawsuit claims CVS harms independent pharmacies in …
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The Unlikely Alliance That Just Declared War on Drug Middlemen
21 Jun 2025 20:27 GMT
… than the office suites of CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx, … Cost Plus doesn't deal with PBMs. It cuts them … No secret rebates, no backroom deals. Just one price. Take it … arrive at a pharmacy that actually stocks the drug your doctor prescribed …
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An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part I
18 Jun 2025 09:21 GMT
… — the first big obstacle: The deal can change on you. And … drug you need, and they’ll show you deals — discounts — at local pharmacies … the prices at different pharmacies were.
GoodRx said CVS had Clobazam for … Clobazam for 30 dollars at CVS.
Mary: It was not …
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NC to receive millions from national settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler family
17 Jun 2025 21:51 GMT
… ., Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021.
Previous deal struck down
The U.S … pharmacies
$521 million as part of a 2023 settlement with CVS, Walgreens and drug … manufacturers Allergan and Teva — the pharmacies also agreed …