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2. Over-the-counter drug - Wikipedia

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   From top to bottom: mebendazole(P), amlodipine(POM), diazepam(POM), paracetamol(GSL). Over-the-counter(OTC) drugsare medicinessold directly to a consumer without a requirement for a prescriptionfrom a healthcare professional,[1]as opposed to prescription drugs, which may be supplied only to consumers possessing a valid prescription.

3. Prescription drug - Wikipedia

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   Prescription drug. A prescription drug (also prescription medication, prescription medicine or prescription-only medication) is a pharmaceutical drug that is permitted to be dispensed only to those with a medical prescription. In contrast, over-the-counter drugs can be obtained without a prescription.

4. Walgreens - Wikipedia

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   Walgreens. Walgreen Company is an American company that operates the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States, behind CVS Health. [ 3 ] It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services. [ 4 ] It was founded in Chicago in 1901, and is headquartered in the Chicago suburb ...

5. Express Scripts - Wikipedia

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   Express Scripts. Express Scripts Holding Company is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization. In 2017 it was the 22nd-largest company in the United States by total revenue as well as the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization in the United States. [ 2 ] Express Scripts had 2016 revenues of $100.752 billion. [ 2 ]

6. Sicko - Wikipedia

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   Sicko is a 2007 American political documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore. Investigating health care in the United States, the film focuses on the country's health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. Moore compares the for-profit non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United ...

7. Rite Aid - Wikipedia

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   On August 23, 2006, The Wall Street Journal announced that Rite Aid would acquire Brooks Eckerd, with 1,858 Eckerd Pharmacy and Brooks Pharmacy stores, from the Quebec-based Jean Coutu Group for US$3.4 billion. The company's shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger on January 18, 2007, and the deal closed on June 4 of that year. [27]

8. Sackler family - Wikipedia

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   The Sackler family is an American family who owned the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and later founded Mundipharma. [1] Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical drugs, including OxyContin.

9. Thrifty PayLess - Wikipedia

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   Thrifty PayLess Holdings, Inc. was a pharmacy holding company that owned the Thrifty Drugs and PayLess Drug Stores chains in the western United States. The combined company was formed in April 1994 when Los Angeles–based TCH Corporation, the parent company of Thrifty Corporation and Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc., acquired the Kmart subsidiary PayLess Drug Stores Northwest, Inc. [1] At the time ...