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Schumer proposes measures to protect pharmacies

Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for tougher penalties and better security measures to help protect local pharmacies from the kind of deadly holdups that occurred on Long Island last week. The senator’s...

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Quick Chek checking out Long Island locations

Long Islanders may soon have a new place to fuel up their cars and their bodies. Sources have confirmed Quick Chek, the New Jersey-based chain that incorporates a fresh food market with a pharmacy and...

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Feds: LI pharmacist filled fake prescriptions

A pharmacist arrested last year on state charges that he illegally sold painkillers was arrested Monday on federal conspiracy charges accusing him of knowing the drugs he was selling came from forged...

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Hearing on Express Scripts acquisition planned

A federal judge will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon on a request to immediately stop Express Scripts Inc.’s $29.1 billion acquisition of fellow pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc....

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Long Island man accused of pharmacy burglary

A Long Island man is under arrest after he allegedly broke into the pharmacy section of a store and removed several prescription medications. Nassau County police say Jason Critelli entered the CVS...

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Walgreens breaks ground in Uniondale

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby joined real estate developers Bob Feldman of BF Development, and Marc Kemp and Steve Kaufman of Woodmere-based Basser-Kaufman,...

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Walgreen, Express Scripts sign new agreement

Pharmacy chain Walgreens says it will begin filling prescriptions from customers in the Express Scripts network starting in September under a new multiyear contract between the companies. Walgreen had...

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NY puts Medicaid mail-order mandate on hold

New York state has agreed to put on hold a program that would require Medicaid patients to fill prescriptions for 400 medications through mail order.

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Police: couple hurt as car crashes into LI store

The vehicle slammed into a CVS pharmacy on Route 25A in Wading River as a 74-year-old woman was exiting the store around 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Long Island pharmacist shoots at robber

A druggist who bought a gun after getting spooked by a string of bloody pharmacy robberies on Long Island fired a shot at a fleeing bandit during yet another medication heist.

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NY: LI pharmacy billed for fake prescriptions

A Rockville Centre pharmacy improperly collected $235,000 from Medicaid and NYSHIP over four years, according to a state audit.

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LI man arrested in Suffolk gas station robberies

Authorities say a 35-year-old Long Island man has been arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies that hit gas stations and other businesses.

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Report of ‘Junior’ Gotti stabbing investigated

Authorities are investigating a report that John "Junior" Gotti was stabbed outside a Long Island pharmacy on Sunday night.

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CVS Caremark plans stop selling tobacco products

CVS Caremark is kicking the habit of selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 drugstores nationwide.

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The Poll: Should drugstores sell cigarettes?

CVS says it will phase out cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco by Oct. 1.

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Pharmacy owner jailed in $16M HIV scam

The straw owner of multiple New York State pharmacies was sentenced to prison today for stealing $16 million from Medicaid by paying HIV-infected patients not to fill prescriptions.

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CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early

CVS Caremark said it will now be known as CVS Health, effective immediately, although the signs on its roughly 7,700 drugstores won't change.

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Rite Aid beats 1Q profit expectations but lowers forecast

The company is steering the chain toward a potentially lucrative field for health care companies.

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CVS earnings rise despite no tobacco fix

The nation's second-largest drugstore chain said Tuesday that revenue from its biggest business, the pharmacy benefits management segment, jumped 12 percent.

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Long Island pharmacist shoots at robber

A druggist who bought a gun after getting spooked by a string of bloody pharmacy robberies on Long Island fired a shot at a fleeing bandit during yet another medication heist.

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