A new Prohibition? Boston overreaches with latest tobacco rules.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Barring a last-minute change of heart, or legal intervention, the right of businesses to sell a legal product - tobacco - is about to go up in smoke in our state's capital. Worcester and other communities may not be far behind. ...

IRS to Give Pharmacies More Time to Comply with New Card Rules.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-15 December 2008-IRS to Give Pharmacies More Time to Comply with New Card Rules(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Late last week the IRS announced its decision (IRS Notice 2008-104) to delay for six months the new health care debit card guidance that was intended...

Baywood Reports on 2000 Sales Results.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Baywood International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BYWD), a consumer products company specializing in the development, marketing and distribution of its own brands of nutraceuticals, today reported sales results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000. Baywood recorded a...

New Sucrets(R) ICE Cools Sore Throat Pain.
Fruit-flavored, "frozen lozenge" provides breakthrough method to help medicine go down LANGHORNE, Pa., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" -- parents know in reality it just isn't that easy. That's why Insight Pharmaceuticals has introduced Sucrets(R) ICE -- unique, frozen...

Pharmacy Industry Leaders Launch Firm to Supply Real-Time Data.
ArcLight Systems' RxealTime Product Will Identify Drug Industry Trends In Minutes From Aggregate Data Approaching 1 Billion Prescriptions; New Company Appoints CEO & COO DUBLIN, Ohio, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented cooperative effort in health-care, 10 leading pharmacy provider...

Leading Drug Store Operator Uses Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to Gain Improved Sales and Performance Visibility.
Katz Group Implements Oracle(R) Applications to Help Drive Value Across its Network of Stores NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NRF 98th ANNUAL CONVENTION & EXPO -- News Facts * Katz Group, one of North America's largest drug store operators, has implemented Oracle's JD Edwards...

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield's Drug Discount Card Similar To Program President Bush Proposes.
PITTSBURGH, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the proposed changes to modernize Medicare, President George W. Bush has requested that health insurers offer pharmacy discount cards to older Americans next year in an attempt to ease the financial burden of prescription drugs. Highmark Blue...

MINDANAO NEWSBITS.
Low-priced drugs available in Zamboanga hospital ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Department of Health (DoH) has chosen the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) as one of the five hospitals in the entire country as site for its R100 drugs, better known as "Package 100" that provides affordable medicines...

Albertson's Signs Expanded Agreement with Working Rx for Workers' Compensation Prescription Billing.
Innovative Internet Billing Service to Streamline Claims and Speed Payment BOISE, Idaho, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Albertson's (NYSE: ABS) announced today that it has entered into an expanded agreement with Working Rx, a provider of Workers' Compensation billing services. This agreement encompasses both the Albertson's...

Longs Drug Stores Enters Asset Purchase Agreement With PharMerica for Four Retail Pharmacies.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Longs Drug Stores Corporation announced today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with PharMerica, Inc., a subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen Corporation , to purchase four retail pharmacies. The transaction is expected to be completed in 60 to 90 days and...