SHOPPERS DRUG MART

A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW? Local pharmacists believe they can compete with $4 Wal-Mart drugs The Monitor
McALLEN -- Local pharmacists say Wal-Martʼs plan to offer $4 generic prescription drugs wonʼt drive them out of business - although consumers might benefit if there is a price war.
Gilead makes surprise bid for Myogen Orlando Sentinel
Gilead Sciences Inc., maker of the world's best-selling AIDS medicine, will buy Myogen Inc. for about $2.5 billion to acquire experimental biotechnology drugs for hard-to-treat heart and lung conditions. The announcement caught many off-guard, not only for the acquisition price but because it represented a shift for Gilead out of its area of expertise in infectious diseases. The acquisition would
A Drug-Price Avalanche? The Motley Fool
Wal-Mart shapes the way America buys many products, and its recently announced $4 program for generic prescription drugs may be the harbinger of a major change in prescription-drug sales.
MediSystem Technologies Inc. MDY-TSX Advises that Shoppers Drug Mart Take-Over Bid Has Been Successful CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
MediSystem Technologies Inc. today announced that Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation has been successful in its bid to acquire MediSystem under its previously announced offer. A total of 21,252,327 common shares of MediSystem representing approximately 89.9% of the outstanding common shares of MediSystem were validly deposited to the offer, at the offer expiry.
Police and Fire reports Winchester Sun
Lillie M. Jones, 56, of 519 Acadia Way reported to the Clark County Sheriff's Office at 12:39 a.m. Sunday that she was assaulted by a known male.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation Succeeds in Bid for MediSystem Technologies Inc. Offer extended to October 6, 2006 CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation announced today it has been successful in its bid to acquire MediSystem Technologies Inc. under its previously announced offer. A total of 21,252,327 common shares of MediSystem representing approximately 89.9% of the outstanding common shares of MediSystem were validly deposited to the offer, at the offer expiry.
Alabama cities renovate, revive historic downtowns Montgomery Advertiser
TALLADEGA -- The transom windows in the Diggs building were bricked over years ago. These windows will be returned to their original state as the owners of Marble City Grill expand to the building and renovate the upstairs for apartments.
Managing the highs and lows The Telegram Online
One day in the fall of 1997, Janet Battcock decided to pack her car and drive from her home in Goose Bay across the Trans-Labrador Highway. She had no idea where she was going, or that her overwhelming urge to get away would land her in a jail cell.
Expert: Lower Drug Price Plans Might Not Sway Shoppers WISC Channel3000.com via Yahoo! News
Some local shoppers are having mixed reactions to a new plan by Wal-Mart and Target to begin offering dirt cheap prescription drugs.
Of drugs and doughnuts USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News
While the FDA and Congress overlook huge gaps in tracking the safety, and coverage of drugs once they are on the market, Wal-Mart is offering a health insurance plan with low premiums and high deductibles, and most recently, cheaper drug alternatives.