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Chopping the price of diabetes drugs
Price Chopper will offer medications at no cost at its pharmacies

By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY, Staff writer
First published in print: Wednesday, May 19, 2010

First, pharmacies slashed the cost of generic drugs. Then grocery stores such as Stop & Shop and Wegmans shot back with free antibiotics. Now Price Chopper is offering free drugs to people living with diabetes.

Competition for customers is fierce in the world of retail pharmacy, which is up against mail-order powerhouses.
Price Chopper is the first grocery store pharmacy to provide free diabetic medications in the Northeast, according to Golub Corp., Price Chopper's owner. Florida-based Publix Super Markets has a similar program.

"It's a pretty business-savvy move," said Craig Burridge, executive director of Pharmacists Society of the State of New York. "When you are dealing with a disease state that has other products that are not drug-related, you can make some money off of it."........>>>>.............>>>>.............Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspS.....9/2010#ixzz0oN6mWaeh