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Walgreen to hold off selling genetic test kits

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 05/12/2010 - 21:05

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The largest U.S. drugstore chain, Walgreen Co., said Wednesday it will hold off selling what was poised to be the first over-the-counter genetic test, after the Food and Drug Administration said the kit has not been proven effective....


 

Rite Aid alters flu-shot policy for pregnant women

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 10/08/2009 - 09:32

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The nation's third-largest drugstore chain is no longer making pregnant women show a prescription to get a flu shot....


 

Pharmacy Benefit Managers as Pharmaceutical Marketers

Health Care Renewal  Tue, 06/16/2009 - 19:00

We posted a number of times about questionable practices Eli Lilly used to market its atypical anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa (olanzapine).

A post from 2007, with links backward, is here, and our most recent post is here.

The company remains entangled in litigation over its marketing of this drug.