‘A Life-Changing Opportunity’: New Pharmacy Technician Recalls Unlikely Journey to Finding a Job She Loves
Students in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center apprenticeship programs for medical assistants, pharmacy technicians and medical coders often bring experiences and circumstances to the classroom that are different from those of the typical freshman entering college. For example, nearly 30 percent of the first 100 students in the program were over the age of 40, and 8 percent were veterans. Cassie Audette was as atypical as they...
Walgreens-Rite Aid Deal to Draw Scrutiny
Washington — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s deal to acquire Rite Aid Corp. is expected to draw antitrust scrutiny not only because the company would grow to 12,700 locations, but because of what goes on behind the scenes with drug payments. Antitrust experts say the Federal Trade Commission, which is likely to review the transaction, will look closely at whether the merging of the No. 1 and No. 3 pharmacy chains in the United States...
