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Oct 2023
CVS vs. Walgreens | Clinic Bait | 2
<p>It’s the late 1990s and CVS and Walgreens are battling for control of the nation’s best street corners and there’s a huge prize at stake.</p><p><br></p><p>Tens of millions of boomers are about to turn grey and thanks to new drugs and prescription insurance they will soon be sp ... Show More
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Oct 2023
CVS vs. Walgreens | A New Prescription | 3
<p>It’s 2009 and Walgreens is in crisis. It’s just lost its CEO and surrendered its top-dog status to CVS.</p><p><br></p><p>But it’s about to fightback. It’s got a plan to launch itself onto the world stage and sock it to the pharmacy benefit managers that are eroding its profit ... Show More
33m 16s
Nov 2023
CVS vs. Walgreens | The Doctor is In | 4
<p>It’s 2013 and CVS boss Larry Merlo is formulating a plan to wipe two-billion dollars off of the company’s sales by stripping cigarettes from the chain’s shelves.</p><p><br></p><p>But while Merlo seeks to forge a tobacco-free future for CVS, over at Walgreens the pressure is mo ... Show More
36m 16s
Mar 2024
Major Chains Start Selling Abortion Drugs
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Jul 2020
The Doctor Is In--The Drug Store
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Mar 2020
With Coronavirus in View, Drugstores Make Prescription Delivery Free
3m 30s
Mar 2023
Walgreens Won’t Dispense Abortion Pill in Some States Where It’s Legal
4m 7s
Sep 2022
CVS Shells Out $8 Billion for Home Health Care Company
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Apr 2019
FDA, Activists Pressure Walgreens to Stop Cigarette Sales
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Mar 2019
A New Green Deal: CVS To Sell CBD
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Oct 2023
Rite Aid is the Latest Retail Pharmacy Casualty
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Jul 2022
Major Pharmacy Retailers Ration Emergency Contraceptives
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Walmart's Abrupt Healthcare Reversal
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3m 11s
It’s 1895 and Chicago’s a boom town that’s overflowing with pharmacies. But one drugstore is about to emerge from the city’s mass of small-time drugstores and become a national force.
It’s name is Walgreens and by the late 20th century it will be spreading nationwide and looking unbeatable.
But then a multi-billion-dollar shoe company bets everythin ... Show More
<p>Today is Tuesday, July 14, and we’re looking at Walgreen’s vs. CVS. </p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-n ... Show More
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<p>Today is Tuesday, September 13, and we're looking at CVS vs. Walgreens</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do ... Show More
<p>Today is Thursday, April 11, and we’re looking at Walgreens vs. CVS.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-n ... Show More
<p>Today is Wednesday, March 27, and we’re looking at CVS vs. Walgreens</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-n ... Show More
<p>Today is Monday, October 23, and we're looking at Rite Aid vs. CVS.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-no ... Show More
<p>Today is Friday, July 8, and we're looking at CVS vs. Rite Aid.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se ... Show More
