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Boots is up for sale to the highest bidder, but where are they all?

UK retailer offers revamped stores and big online presence, but potential buyers see tired shops and threat of beauty rivals

The Guardian - UK

Reliance Industries and Apollo Global Management in £5bn bid for Boots

Mukesh Ambani teams up with US private equity fund, with Walgreens expected to retain minority stake

The Guardian - UK

India's Apollo Global, Reliance Make a Binding Offer For UK's Boots: Bloomberg

Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) and Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. led consortium have made a binding offer for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WBA) international arm, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The source stated that the proposal values Boots at more than £5 billion ($6.3 billion). Walgreens is seeking a valuation of around £7…

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Apollo, Reliance are said to make binding offer for Boots

NEW DELHI: A consortium of Apollo Global Management and Reliance Industries has made a binding offer for Walgreens Boots Alliance’s international arm, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The Times of India

Asda owners may be on brink of backing out of bid for Boots over price disagreement

Walgreens has been touting Nottingham-based Boots for around £7billion

Nottingham Post

Texas workers travel to Uvalde to help after school shooting

Workers at chain restaurants, retail stores from across Texas provide respite for residents after deadly mass shooting.

Al Jazeera

Congress should protect access to health care at pharmacies

The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act would ensure that patients maintain access to pandemic-related care provided by pharmacists by reimbursing them through Medicare.

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Who's in the running to buy Boots?

It has been reported that bidders for the High Street chemist chain have until mid May to submit final bids.

Birmingham Post

Ohio Lawyer Says Pharmacy Distributors To Pay $878M For Opioid Epidemic

A lawyer for two Ohio counties said that CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS), Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) should fund an $878 million plan addressing the opioid crisis, writes Reuters. In November, a federal jury decided that the companies created a public nuisance by flooding Ohio's Lake and Trumbull counties with addictive prescription pain…

Benzinga

Baby formula shortage forces parents to pay $120 for single can as Target, CVS and Walgreens limit sales

CVS and Walgreens are limiting customers to three toddler and infant formulas per purchase as the shortage worsens across the US

The Independent UK

Ohio judge hears if pharmacy chains should pay for driving opioid crisis

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Were found to recklessly dispense narcotic painkillers in two Ohio counties, fueling a drug epidemic

The Guardian - US

8 Stocks Moved By Traders On 'Fast Money: Halftime Report'

CNBC’s "Fast Money: Halftime Report" delivers market-moving news to investors.

Benzinga

Amid Baby Formula Shortage, Retailers Put Cap On Purchases: Report

The U.S. faced a nationwide shortage of the most popular baby formula brands in the week starting April 24, according to the latest figures from Datasembly, which tracks out-of-stock messages on retailers' websites and apps. An average rate is less than 10%. Reasons For The Shortage: Supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19…

Benzinga

Judge to decide abatement amounts in opioid pharmacy case

A hearing will begin Tuesday in federal court in Cleveland that will result in a judge determining how much CVSHealth, Walgreens Co. and Walmart Corp. should pay two northeast Ohio counties to help them abate the continuing opioid crisis

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Man admits he set fire to Walgreens amid 2020 unrest

Jose Valdovinos faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison for the damage he did to the store on the Southwest Side.

The Independent UK

Baby formula shortage forces parents to pay $120 for single can as Target, CVS and Walgreens limit sales

CVS and Walgreens are limiting customers to three toddler and infant formulas per purchase as the shortage worsens across the US

Tribune News Service

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Walgreens reaches $683m settlement with Florida over role in opioid crisis

The company settled over claims that it exacerbated the opioid crisis in the Sunshine State.

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Walgreens Announces $683M Opioid Settlement With Florida

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has reached a $683 million settlement with Florida to resolve claims that the pharmacy chain exacerbated an opioid epidemic in the state. The settlement includes $620 million to be paid to Florida over 18 years, plus $63 million for legal fees. The settlement ends a trial that began…

Orlando Sentinel

Walgreens agrees to pay Florida $683 million to settle opioid lawsuit

Walgreens has agreed to pay the state of Florida $683 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the drugstore chain helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis, the company announced Thursday.

The Independent UK

Walgreens, Florida settle opioid costs lawsuit for $683M

The Walgreens pharmacy chain has reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida in a lawsuit accusing the company of improperly dispensing millions of painkillers that contributed to the opioid crisis

Chicago Tribune

Want free, at-home COVID-19 tests from pharmacies and insurers? It’s not always easy, despite requirements

CHICAGO -- Some Illinois residents say they’re still having trouble getting free at-home COVID-19 tests from pharmacies and insurance companies, more than three months after the White House began requiring insurers to cover them.

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San Francisco To Start Opioid Epidemic Trial Against Teva, Walgreen: Reuters

San Francisco will start a trial against Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) and three other companies accused of fueling an opioid crisis in the city. San Francisco has alleged that Walgreens, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA), AbbVie Inc's (NYSE:ABBV) Allergan unit, and Teva-owned Anda Inc created a "public nuisance" by flooding the city with prescription opioids and failing…

Daily Mirror

Billionaire Issa brothers who own Asda plan to create more than 32,000 jobs

Billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa's EG Group is hiring almost 23,000 people in the UK by expanding more people at Asda, Cooplands and Leon and tie-ups with KFC and Starbucks

Tribune News Service

How the test-to-treat pillar of the US COVID strategy is failing patients

The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as cases rise again, many Americans don’t have access to the program.

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