| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.03.2025 | NACDS Promotes Stephanie Bennett to Vice President of Executive and Board Relations | Stephanie Bennett
Bennett currently serves as director of the executive office. She will continue to report to NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson.
ARLINGTON, Va., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The National Association of Chai... |
| 14.03.2025 | NACDS: Navigating Change in the Pharmacy Landscape | The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is at a crossroads. With significant leadership changes and pressing legislative needs, the organization is poised to redefine its role in the pharmacy sector. This article explores the ... |
| 13.03.2025 | NACDS Promotes Marilyn Hunter to Vice President of Meetings and Conferences | Marilyn Hunter
This news coincides with the prior announcement that NACDS Senior Vice President of Member Programs and Services Jim Whitman will retire in June 2025. It also coincides with the promotions of Terry Arth to senior vice preside... |
| 11.03.2025 | NACDS: A Legislative Vehicle Must Include PBM Reform; Inaction is Costing Americans | Nearly four pharmacies are closing every day; Americans are missing out on hundreds of millions in savings just since the last Congress' end
ARLINGTON, Va., March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NAC... |
| 07.03.2025 | The Future of Education: AI Textbooks and the Rise of Adaptive Learning | In the heart of innovation, education is undergoing a seismic shift. The traditional classroom, once dominated by static textbooks, is evolving into a dynamic learning environment. At the forefront of this transformation is the AI Textbook ... |
| 06.03.2025 | NACDS Promotes Stephen Perlowski to SVP, Industry Affairs and Member Relations | Steve Perlowski
Currently, Perlowski serves as vice president of member relations and industry affairs.
ARLINGTON, Va., March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) today announced the promotion ... |
| 06.03.2025 | NACDS Promotes Terry Arth to SVP, Member Services and Conferences | Terry Arth
Currently, Arth serves as vice president of member programs and services.
ARLINGTON, Va., March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) today announced the promotion of Terry Arth to se... |
| 25.02.2025 | Jim Whitman, NACDS SVP of Member Programs & Services, Announces Retirement After Nearly Five Decades of Service | Jim Whitman
NACDS celebrates a career of dedication and excellence in advancing chain pharmacy and supplier partners
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- With admiration and gratitude, the National Association of Chain Drug S... |
| 05.12.2024 | March of Dimes, Alzheimer's Association Join NACDS Nourish My Health Public Education Campaign | Overview of Nourish My Health public education campaign in its first year.
NACDS reflects on achievements and impact of Nourish My Health in its first year; looks ahead to continued momentum in 2025
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-... |
| 27.07.2024 | The Rise of Fish-Free Seafood: Aqua Cultured Foods Makes Waves in the Market | Aqua Cultured Foods is setting the stage for a seafood revolution. This Chicago-based startup has recently secured self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for its innovative fish-free seafood products. With a focus on susta... |
| 22.07.2024 | Amid House Oversight Hearing, Pharmacy Organizations Issue United Call for Action on 'Must-Pass' PBM Reform Legislation | Coalition of Organizations Representing Pharmacies and Pharmacists
A coalition of organizations representing pharmacies and pharmacists across all practice settings released a statement today ahead of a Tuesday, July 23 U.S. House Committee... |
| 12.03.2024 | Readout of Biden-Harris Administration Convening with Health Care Community Concerning Cyberattack on Change Healthcare | Leaders from HHS, White House, DOL, and the health care community convened to discuss ways to mitigate harms to patient and providers caused by the cyberattack.
On Tuesday, March 12, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Se... |
| 27.09.2023 | Drugstore Downsizing: CVS, Walgreens And Rite Aid To Close Nearly 1,500 Stores | NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 28: Shelves, many bare of merchandise, stand in a Rite Aid store in ... [+] Brooklyn on August 28, 2023 in New York City. Rite Aid, a national chain retail pharmacy and convenience store with thousands of locatio... |
| 27.07.2023 | NACDS Lauds Senate Finance Committee for Bipartisan Efforts to Deliver Real and Comprehensive PBM Reform that is Meaningful for Patients and Pharmacies | The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday demonstrated a bipartisan and extraordinary commitment to patients and to the pharmacies that serve them.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) July 27, 2023
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is ap... |
| 22.06.2023 | With United Voice, Pharmacy Praises Bipartisan “Pharmacy DIR Reform” and Pharmacy Access Bill Vital for Patients, Medicare, and Pharmacies | We will work with leaders in Congress to enact this legislation this year, achieving comprehensive PBM reform. We need to ensure this job gets done, and gets done completely, for the American people.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) June 22, 2023
Org... |
| 09.05.2023 | “Thank You”: NACDS TV Ad Honors Pharmacists’ Pandemic Response | We want pharmacists and pharmacy teams to know that their dedication, professionalism, knowledge, trust, accessibility, and sacrifice remain deeply appreciated and top-of-mind. They helped to save and reopen America.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) ... |
| 14.04.2023 | NACDS Lauds Major Victory for Patient Access: Biden Administration Extends “PREP Act” Pharmacy Access that Delivered During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond | "As NACDS has urged consistently and repeatedly, the clarifications and extensions announced today are vital for patient health and access, and essential for pharmacies’ planning."
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) April 14, 2023
NACDS is ap... |
| 02.03.2023 | NACDS Praises New Investigation of PBMs by U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee | This investigation needs to focus on prying out the data and the details that will further expose the path to truly comprehensive, effective, and lasting PBM reform. They need to ask the right questions and make sure they get the truthful a... |
| 16.02.2023 | NACDS Defines “PBM Reform” for Senate Commerce Committee Hearing | We look forward to continuing to work with Congress to stop the manipulation by PBM go-betweens that increases patients’ medication costs, limits patients’ choice of pharmacies, and restricts access to medicines that are right for them.
ARL... |
| 08.02.2023 | What the end of the COVID-19 emergency means for free vaccines, health data and more | The Biden administration is planning to end the COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, and expects to run out of government-bought vaccines and treatments as soon as this summer and fall.
Those moves could spell the end for a wide range... |
| 20.12.2022 | CUVERD™, THE NEXT GENERATION RX SAVINGS APP, LAUNCHES TO HELP ALL AMERICANS SAVE MORE ON RISING MEDICATION COSTS | Simply, search for a medication, select your insurance plan, and find the lowest out-of-pocket cost for your Rx
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Cuverd.com compares insura... |
| 16.12.2022 | National Association of Chain Drug Stores: Americans Expect Pharmacy Access to Continue | “Learning the lessons of the pandemic means keeping in place policies that make it easier for patients to access services from pharmacists and other pharmacy team members – including vaccinations.”
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) December 16, 2022
N... |
| 09.12.2022 | Rutledge Anniversary Spurs Bipartisan Push to Help Patients, End PBM Manipulation | The bipartisan support for ending PBMs’ manipulation flows from the conviction that patients deserve better.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) December 09, 2022
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) on Thursday issued the following sta... |
| 15.09.2022 | Congress needs to preserve seniors’ access to pharmacist care | Covid-19 demonstrated how quickly the United States can mobilize to produce and distribute new tests, vaccines, and treatments for a previously unknown virus. The pandemic also highlighted significant inequalities and gaps in its health car... |
| 22.07.2022 | What is Paxlovid? What to know about Pfizer's COVID drug, its side effects and how to get it | Health officials are renewing their pleas to eligible Americans to get prescriptions to Paxlovid, Pfizer's COVID pills, to curb their risk of hospitalization and death from the disease, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise. President... |
| 14.03.2022 | NACDS Releases Poll: 70% of Adults Back Extension of Policies Giving Access to Pharmacies’ Pandemic Services | Americans do not want to see a roll-back of the access to convenient, trusted and equitable pharmacy services. NACDS urges action to ensure Americans can continue to rely on their pharmacies and pharmacy teams and so we as a nation can rema... |
| 14.01.2022 | NACDS Advises Consumers on Over-the-Counter COVID Tests at Retail Pharmacies | At the outset of this program, it is recommended that individuals save their receipts for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests and submit these receipts for to their health plan for reimbursement.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) January 14, 2022
National... |
| 07.01.2022 | NACDS Welcomes Biden Administration’s Action to Confront Dire “DIR Fees” That Inflate Seniors’ Drug Costs and Jeopardize Pharmacies’ Viability | DIR fees have needlessly inflated seniors’ out-of-pocket drug costs and have been a bane of pharmacies’ existence – and a threat to their existence – for more than a decade.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) January 07, 2022
The National Association o... |
| 14.10.2021 | New NACDS, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Report Demonstrates Pharmacies’ Vital Role in Nation’s Aim to Achieve Health Equity | The valuable experiences and lessons learned during the COVID-19 response should serve as a clear blueprint to turn successful, proven flexibilities into permanent changes.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) October 14, 2021
A report released today des... |
| 17.01.2021 | Why America’s vaccine rollout was a total disaster — and what it means for the next few months | The US developed coronavirus vaccines in record time last year.
But the process of getting those shots into people’s arms is going horrendously slow, just as more Americans are dying from the virus than ever before.
The blame lies with a pr... |
| 06.11.2019 | If you want your patients to take their meds, ensure they can afford what you’re prescribing | There are many causes of prescription non-adherence. For instance:
The patient has concerns about side effects
The patient is worried they’re taking too many medications
There is a perceived lack of need
The patient simply forgets to pick t... |
| 29.05.2019 | Pillo Health Raises $11M to Expand Personal Home Health Robot | Pillo Health, a Boston-based digital health company improving longevity and quality of life for patients managing their health at home has raised $11M in Series A funding, led by Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate venture capital arm wi... |
| 05.12.2018 | Pillo Health Launches Voice-Activated Home Health Companion to Dispense Medication, Track Adherence, Deliver Care Plans | Pillo Health, a Boston-based digital health company bringing medication adherence to the forefront of healthcare has announced the official launch of Pillo, a voice-activated in-home companion with facial recognition that lets consumers bet... |
| - | Walgreens stock plunges as drugstore chain slashes profit guidance in 'challenging' consumer environment | Walgreens reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations and slashed its full-year adjusted profit outlook due to a "challenging" environment for pharmacies and U.S. consumers.
The company topped revenue es... |
| - | If you want your patients to take their meds, ensure they can afford what you’re prescribing | How many times do you think this happens? After thoughtful deliberation and discussion, a physician prescribes a medication that they think will be a good option to help their patient with their current medical condition. But, when the pati... |
