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| 16.10.2024 | Wall Street indexes end lower as chip, oil stocks drop | U.S. MarketsWall Street indexes end lower as chip, oil stocks drop
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| 15.10.2024 | Walgreens to shut 1,200 stores as CEO Wentworth seeks turnaround | Retail & ConsumerHealth
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| 11.10.2024 | Viant Announces Appointment of VP of Investor Relations | Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP) today announced the appointment of Nicholas Zangler as Vice President of Investor Relations. Nicholas will lead the company’s investor relations strategy, fostering strong connections and broadening aware... |
| 07.10.2024 | Walgreens names Optum's Jason Stenta as chief commercial officer | Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsHealth Insurance
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| 17.09.2024 | UST's Global Hackathon and Retail GenAI Platform: A Leap into the Future | In a world where technology evolves at lightning speed, UST is making waves. The company recently launched two significant initiatives: the D3CODE Global Hackathon and the UST Retail GenAI platform. Both projects aim to harness innovation a... |
| 16.09.2024 | UST Launches ‘UST Retail GenAI platform’ | UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has unveiled its ‘UST Retail GenAI platform’ at the London Innovation Lab. Steve Rempel, SVP & International CIO at Walgreens Boots Alliance, inaugurated this pioneering platform ... |
| 14.09.2024 | Walgreens paying $106.8 million to settle US prescription billing fraud charges | GovernmentGovernment
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| 24.08.2024 | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Sued for Securities Law Violations - Contact The Rosen Law Firm Before September 10, 2024 to Discuss Your Rights - WBA | NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) between October 12, 2023 and June 26, 2024, both dates inclusive (th... |
| 19.08.2024 | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Sued for Securities Law Violations - Contact The Rosen Law Firm Before September 10, 2024 to Discuss Your Rights - WBA | NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) between October 12, 2023 and June 26, 2024, both dates inclusiv... |
| 19.08.2024 | Walgreens partners with the government on decentralized clinical trials | The company will help BARDA validate, pilot and implement new products, technologies and approaches
Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) became the standard during COVID: as the country was in lockdown and having people come to participate ... |
| 01.08.2024 | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Sued for Securities Law Violations - Contact The Rosen Law Firm Before September 10, 2024 to Discuss Your Rights - WBA | NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) between October 12, 2023 and June 26, 2024, both dates inclusive... |
| 25.07.2024 | WBA Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Securities Fraud Lawsuit | NEW YORK, July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) between October ... |
| 27.06.2024 | 'Changes Are Imminent': Walgreens to Shutter a 'Significant' Number of Stores The chain reported its fiscal Q3 2024 earnings on Thursday. | Walgreens is the latest chain to face mass closures.
On Thursday, Walgreens announced that it would be closing a "significant" number of underperforming stores across the country.
"The current pharmacy model is not sustainabl... |
| 26.06.2024 | Trade Beyond Collaborates with Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Global Sourcing to Enhance WBA's Sourcing Practices | SAN DIEGO, June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Supply chain management solution provider TradeBeyond announced today that Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Global Sourcing has selected its industry-leading multi-enterprise platform to optimize and s... |
| 26.04.2024 | Walgreens Launches Specialty Pharmacy for Complex Conditions | What You Should Know:
– Walgreens, a leading pharmacy chain, is making a significant push into the specialty pharmacy market with the launch of “Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.”
– The new $25B initiative expands access to care for patients wi... |
| 06.04.2024 | Fiji's Island Adventures: A Paradise Unveiled | Fiji's lush landscapes, stunning beaches, and deep traditions attract travelers seeking a South Pacific paradise. From Tom Hanks' island to traditional villages, Fiji offers a unique blend of natural beauty and cultural experiences. With CO... |
| 04.04.2024 | General Electric's 132-year journey from American manufacturing icon to fallen giant | Tech General Electric's 132-year journey from American manufacturing icon to fallen giant
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| 13.03.2024 | Preventive Healthcare Technologies And Services Market Forecast 2024-2033 –Market Size, Drivers, Trends, And Competitors | Preventive Healthcare Technologies And Services Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Market Forecast 2024-2033
The Business Research Company's Preventive Healthcare Technologies And Services Global Market Report 2024 – Marke... |
| 22.02.2024 | Walgreens is closing all VillageMD primary-care clinics in Florida as the pharmacy giant slashes costs | Premium Healthcare Walgreens is closing all VillageMD primary-care clinics in Florida as the pharmacy giant slashes costs
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| 05.12.2023 | How Mark Cuban forced the biggest US pharmacy to upend its business | Christopher Willard/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/Insider
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| 12.09.2023 | Walgreens just made another big bet on healthcare, weeks after its CEO exited. A top exec shares how the company plans to partner with doctors. | Walgreens is adding VillageMD doctor offices to its pharmacy locations. VillageMD This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 08.09.2023 | One Black Woman Fortune 500 CEO Remains After Roz Brewer Vacates Walgreens Leadership Role | Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that Rosalind “Roz” Brewer is no longer its CEO after 30 months ... [+] with the company (Photo by Jason Redmond via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images |
| 03.08.2023 | Walgreens Sells AmerisourceBergen Shares To Raise $1.85 Billion And Accelerate Healthcare Strategy | Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold shares of AmerisourceBergen for initial proceeds of $1.85 billion, ... [+] which will be used “primarily for debt paydown and general corporate purposes” including acceleration of the company’s healthcare s... |
| 12.05.2023 | Walgreens Sells AmerisourceBergen Shares To Raise $694 Million To Pay Down Debt | Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold shares of AmerisourceBergen for proceeds of $694 million, which ... [+] will be used “primarily for debt paydown and general corporate purposes,” the company said May 12, 2023. In this photo, the exterior o... |
| 08.04.2023 | Walgreens Sells $1.85B of AmerisourceBergen Shares, Reduces Stake by 16% | What You Should Know:
Walgreens Boots Alliance announces the sale of shares of AmerisourceBergen Corporation valued at $1.85B for debt paydown and general corporate purposes.
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s ownership stake of AmerisourceBergen’s... |
| 24.02.2023 | The Home Healthcare Boom is Upon Us | As Americans age—in particular Baby Boomers—there is a corresponding rise in home healthcare, fueled by a growing desire for convenience as well as many seniors’ desire to age in place. Before and especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, pe... |
| 05.01.2023 | Walgreens Has 200 VillageMD Clinics Attached To Stores As Doctor Network Takes Off | Walgreens-backed doctor clinic operator VillageMD now has a network over more than 680 locations ... [+] across the U.S. including 200 adjacent to the pharmacy chain’s U.S. drugstores. Walgreens and VillageMD |
| 28.12.2022 | Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer wants to make getting healthcare as easy as going to your neighborhood pharmacy | Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Roz Brewer is the second Black woman in history to be named a permanent CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Walgreens
Rosalind "Roz" Brewer knows what it's like to be "the first" or "the only.... |
| 19.12.2022 | All About Access: The Key Trends In Retailers’ Acquisitions in 2022 | Retailers marched more boldly into healthcare in 2022, making several major acquisitions with big price tags. Interestingly, a theme that cuts across all the deals emerged: access.
The key players were Amazon, CVS Health and Walgreens. Amaz... |
| 11.11.2022 | A top Cigna exec shares 3 key reasons the health insurer just bet $2.7 billion on Walgreens-backed primary-care upstart VillageMD | Walgreens is adding VillageMD doctor's offices to its pharmacy locations. VillageMD This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 07.11.2022 | Walgreens-Backed VillageMD And Cigna’s Evernorth To Buy Clinic Operator Summit Health For Nearly $9 Billion | Walgreens-backed doctor-staffed clinic operator VillageMD is buying Summit Health in a deal valued ... [+] at $8.9 billion to expand doctor-staffed clinics across the country. The transaction will include investments from Walgreens Boots Al... |
| 07.11.2022 | Walgreens-Backed VillageMD to Acquire Summit Health for $9B | What You Should Know:
As part of the transaction, WBA will invest $3.5 billion through an even mix of debt and equity to support the acquisition of Summit Health-CityMD, which drives meaningful synergies and accelerates WBA’s path to profit... |
| 02.11.2022 | Should Mark Cuban Make CVS, Walgreens And Amazon Worry? | (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| 17.10.2022 | Digital health news, funding round up in the prior week; October 17, 2022 | Rite Aid partnered with Google Cloud; Walgreens bought CareCentrix; Brave Health raised $40M
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PointClickCare Technologies, a healthcare technology platform enabling collaboration and access to real‐time insights, announced th... |
| 13.10.2022 | Are retail companies the right fit for home health? Remains to be seen, experts say | With another retail company making moves in the home care space, it begs the question of whether these companies will be effective leaders of the burgeoning sector of healthcare.
Ellen Herlacher, principal of LRVHealth, said while it’s too ... |
| 08.09.2022 | Why CVS is spending $8 billion to bring back physician house calls | CVS announced on Monday that it plans to buy Signify Health, a network of more than 10,000 clinicians that provide in-person evaluations and care for US patients at their homes, along with virtual telehealth visits. The $8 billion acquisiti... |
| 06.09.2022 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; September 6, 2022 | CVS buys Signify Health; Abridge partners with Google Cloud; CDC endorses Omicron booster
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California’s legislature passed legislation that will require social media companies to consider the physical and mental health of min... |
| 31.08.2022 | Walgreens Boots Alliance Completes Majority Share Acquisition of CareCentrix | Partnership with CareCentrix extends care capabilities into the home to create a connected ecosystem for patients |
| 22.07.2022 | Walgreens Boots Alliance: Using data and insights to transform the customer experience | Join executives from July 26-28 for Transform's AI & Edge Week. Hear from top leaders discuss topics surrounding AL/ML technology, conversational AI, IVA, NLP, Edge, and more. Reserve your free pass now!
The COVID-19 pandemic added urge... |
| 28.06.2022 | Walgreens Abandons Sale of Boots, No7 Beauty Citing Market Turmoil | WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday scrapped the sale of its Boots and No7 Beauty businesses, citing an “unexpected and dramatic change” in the global financial markets.
In a statement on Tuesday, Walgreens (ticker: WBA ) said that it h... |
| 11.04.2022 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; April 11, 2022 | Healthtech startups raised $6B; AmerisourceBergen's new fund; Guardant Health partnered with Epic
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Healthtech companies raised $6 billion in the first quarter of 2022. The number was down 17% from Q4, which may signal a corre... |
| 26.01.2022 | Walgreens Boots Alliance Releases New ESG Report | Highlights:
Administered more than 34.6 million COVID-19 vaccinations and more than 10 million tests as of the end of fiscal 2021
Committed to reducing our carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030 compared with 2019
Joined 100 Best Corporate ... |
| 07.12.2021 | Walgreens CTO: What keeps me up at night and why partnerships are critical to digital transformation | How does IT help healthcare companies innovate quickly, while also balancing patient privacy and data security? On this episode of TechRepublic’s Dynamic Developer, I’m joined by Mike Maresca, Global Chief Technology Officer at Walgreens Bo... |
| 22.10.2021 | Veta Health Apoints CEO, Walgreens Leadership Appointments, Walmart’s New VP, Other Executive Appointments | James Sutcliffe, CEO at Veta Health
Veta Health, a global provider of digital solutions for remote patient care and chronic condition monitoring appoints James Sutcliffe as Chief Executive Officer. Sutcliffe will guide the strategic directi... |
| 14.10.2021 | Walgreens Boots Alliance : Makes $5.2 Billion Investment in VillageMD to Deliver Value-Based Primary Care to Communities Across America - Form 8-K | Walgreens Boots Alliance Makes $5.2 Billion Investment in VillageMD to Deliver Value-Based Primary Care to Communities Across America
Investment increases ownership stake in VillageMD to 63 percent
Increases number of co-located primary car... |
| 14.10.2021 | Walgreens Boots Alliance : Makes $5.2 Billion Investment in VillageMD to Deliver Value-Based Primary Care to Communities Across America | Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) and VillageMD today announced that WBA has agreed to make an additional investment in VillageMD to advance its strategic position in the delivery of value-based primary care, a $1 trillion, fast-growin... |
| 03.09.2021 | From balancing crypto to building remote trust, here’s what mattered to CFOs this week | Good morning,
Here's what happened this week:
Blockchain.com surpassed $1 trillion in crypto transactions, CFO Macrina Kgil told me. I spoke with Kgil ahead of the cryptocurrency exchange and digital wallet company's 10-year anniversary on ... |
| 03.09.2021 | Walgreens Boots Alliance : COVID-19 test maker Labcorp raises minimum hourly wage to $15 | Sept 2 (Reuters) - Laboratory Corp of America Holdings said it has increased the minimum hourly wage for U.S.-based employees to $15 from $10.95, joining several other companies in implementing new measures to retain staff amid a nationwide... |
| 30.08.2021 | Walgreens Boots Alliance : Announces Three Appointments to WBA and Walgreens Leadership Teams | Highlights:
Danielle Gray Appointed EVP and Global Chief Legal Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Tracey Brown Appointed President of Retail Products and Chief Customer Officer, Walgreens
Jeff Gruener Appointed SVP and Chief Financial Office... |
| 30.08.2021 | Crypto transactions reach $1 trillion milestone, says Blockchain.com CFO | Good morning,
Blockchain.com is celebrating its 10-year-anniversary today as well as another milestone: surpassing $1 trillion in crypto transactions, CFO Macrina Kgil told me.
The cryptocurrency exchange and digital wallet company has hand... |
| 05.03.2021 | With 30 deals in just two months, healthcare M&A isn't slowing down | Optum bought Change Healthcare; Cigna's Evernorth purchased MDLIVE; Centene acquired Magellan Health
For all the problems that COVID caused, and there were many, 2020 turned out to be a good year for those in the innovation side of healthca... |
| 10.02.2021 | No7 Unstoppable Together Job Summit, in Partnership With Hello Sunshine, the Female Quotient and Fortune to Take Place on February 24 | High-res Summit poster can be downloaded here.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Hello Sunshine announced the No7 Unstoppable Together Job Summit, hosted by global beauty brand No7 in partnership with The Female Quotient and... |
| 09.02.2021 | How Companies Are Trying To Discourage And Detect Misconduct By Executives | White collar criminal under arrestgetty |
| 04.02.2021 | Last we heard from Good Eggs, it was in a multi-city retreat. Now it’s expanding with $100m in funding | Grocery delivery seemed like it was on a meteoric trajectory when it erupted a few years ago. But it soon ran into more than a few roadblocks: customer churn, high margins, and complicated delivery logistics.
Consumers were also slow to ado... |
| 27.01.2021 | Walgreens stock spikes after tapping Starbucks exec Roz Brewer as new CEO | More On: walgreens
Rite Aid rejected $800M takeover bid this month San Francisco Walgreens thief on bicycle who went viral during theft sentenced to prison This Walgreens robbery was totally ‘bananas’ Mask confusion reigns at shops around N... |
| 26.01.2021 | Walgreens Taps Starbucks COO As New Chief Executive | Rosalind Brewer is the new CEO of WalgreensJASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images |
| 10.09.2020 | The coronavirus pandemic upended the way people get prescriptions. Meet the 8 pharmacy startups competing to take a bite out of the $335 billion market for prescription drugs. | Drugstores in the US are grappling with the rise of online startups looking to make it more convenient to pick up your pills. AP This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
The $335 b... |
| 10.07.2020 | Two of UK's best-known high-street retail brands slash more than 5,000 jobs combined | A John Lewis store is pictured on May 30, 2020 in Southampton, England.
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Two of Britain's best-known high-street retailers, John Lewis and Boots, announced more than 5,000 job cuts on Thursday.
John Lewis said it would cut ... |
| 03.04.2020 | How Hoarding Medicine In A Pandemic Hurts Walgreens | Shoppers at Walgreens in San Franciscoâs Castro District make last minute purchases minutes before ... [+] the shelter in place directive was to take effect on March 18, 2020. (Photo by Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Anadolu Ag... |
| 11.03.2020 | b.well Connected Health Raises $16M for Personalized Health Platform | What You Need to Know:
– b.well raises $16 million in Series A funding led by UnityPoint Health Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to over $27 million.
– b.well provides a configurable digital platform to healthcare stakeholders... |
| 13.11.2019 | Walgreens and CVS have dueling visions for the future of pharmacies. Here are the biggest obstacles each one faces. | Courtesy Walgreens
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| 28.12.2018 | 3 Trends Impacting Digital Health Strategy & Leadership Roles in 2019 | As always, this year was full of interesting developments in healthcare. As the year comes to a close, we’ve rounded up three trends that we feel are going to significantly impact the landscape of health tech and digital health in 2019 and ... |
| 10.12.2017 | KKR Completes Take-private PharMerica Acquisition | LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PharMerica Corporation (NYSE:PMC) today announced the completion of the acquisition of PharMerica by a newly formed company controlled by KKR with an affiliate of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) ... |
| 10.12.2017 | KKR Completes Take-private PharMerica Acquisition | LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PharMerica Corporation (NYSE:PMC) today announced the completion of the acquisition of PharMerica by a newly formed company controlled by KKR with an affiliate of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) ... |
| 29.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, June 29 | New Money, Old Deals, Lingering Questions
LA Tech: Upfront Ventures has closed its fourth core fund with $400 million in commitments. It’s the firm’s largest ever, and according to managing partner Mark Suster, the largest Los Angeles-based... |
| 01.06.2015 | At ASCO15 meeting: Breakthrough melanoma treatment, Memorial Sloan Kettering oncologist slams cancer drug price tags (Morning Read) | But at the same conference, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Chief of Gastrointestinal Oncology Leonard Saltz slammed the high cost of drug treatments and singled out the estimated $295,000 per year price tag for Bristol-Myers Squib... |
| - | Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like | Pharmacy employees at some of the U.S.’s largest drugstore chains say they’re at a breaking point.
Workers are concerned that companies like Walgreens and CVS are placing unreasonable demands on them, without providing enough staffing or re... |
| - | Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Nike, Carnival, Nvidia and more | Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.
Tesla — Stock in the electric vehicle company added 1.5% in midday trading Friday. Canaccord Genuity reiterated a buy rating on the EV stock on Thursday ahead of vehicle deliveries... |
| - | Big retail companies like CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart are doubling down on their healthcare strategies. Here's how they're planning to compete in the $4 trillion industry. | A Walmart Health clinic with counseling, lab, optometry, primary-care, dental, and hearing services. Walmart Health This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| - | Walgreens stock plunges after drugstore chain slashes quarterly dividend nearly in half | Shares of Walgreens fell after the company reported fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that topped expectations, but cut its quarterly dividend nearly in half.
The retail pharmacy giant slashed its dividend to 25 cents per s... |
| - | Walgreens says it will close 1,200 stores by 2027, as earnings top estimates | Walgreens reported fiscal fourth-quarter sales and profit that beat Wall Street’s expectations, reflecting the company’s efforts to slash costs.
The retail drugstore chain also said it plans to close roughly 1,200 stores over the next three... |
| - | Some pharmacy staff from Walgreens, other chains are walking out again — here’s what you need to know | Some pharmacy staff from Walgreens and other U.S. drugstore chains are planning to stage a nationwide walkout from Monday through Wednesday.
The effort, which organizers have dubbed “Pharmageddon,” is the latest pushback against what pharma... |
| - | At ASCO15 meeting: Breakthrough melanoma treatment, Memorial Sloan Kettering oncologist slams cancer drug price tags (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
At the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncologists annual meeting, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s combination treatment for malignant melanoma offered a cancer treatment breakthrough. The big pharma company presented the results of a ... |
