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In Pharm Exec’s 2013 end-of-year supply chain roundup, we began with a three-word vision of the immediate future that left little room for ambiguity: “Serialization is coming.” With the impending laws regarding “track and trace” promising to alter the way pharmaceuticals are packaged and shipped, we outlined how global pharma was gearing up to deal with the effects of serialization, and how companies needed to review their own internal practices and those of their outsourcing partners, as the need for technology solutions for both sides of the outsourc

The merger announcement from Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid throws up an interesting question, writes Stephen Littlejohn. Will Walgreens be purveyor focused on retail sales or provider engaged with a transforming U.S. healthcare system?