All Merck-Medco Systems and Operations Functioning Normally in 2000.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 1, 2000 Merck-Medco Managed Care, L.L.C., today reported that all its systems and operations are functioning normally following the transition into the year 2000. The Company has successfully validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. the integrity of its systems and operations and will continue to provide high-quality, cost-effective prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, benefits into the new millennium. Since 1995, the Company has recognized Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 as an important business initiative and dedicated a team of technical and business experts to solving this issue. Merck-Medco adopted a targeted and pragmatic approach to addressing the Y2K issue that included four phases: 1) inventory, 2) assessment and planning, 3) remediation, and 4) certification. The Company completed it systems remediation at the end of 1998 and certification of those systems was completed in mid-1999. Merck-Medco Managed Care, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., is the nation's leading provider of high-quality, affordable prescription drug care, serving benefit plans of employers, unions, commercial and government health plans that provide benefits to more than 51 million Americans, including more than 14 million retirees. Merck-Medco Rx Services, its mail service pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. subsidiary, serves patients through 13 state-of-the-art mail service facilities, and its PAID Prescriptions, L.L.C., subsidiary manages prescriptions dispensed dis·pense v. dis·pensed, dis·pens·ing, dis·pens·es v.tr. 1. To deal out in parts or portions; distribute. See Synonyms at distribute. 2. To prepare and give out (medicines). 3. at 55,000 community pharmacies This article is a list of major pharmacies (also known as chemists and drugstores) by country. Australia Pharmacies in Australia are mostly independently-owned by pharmacists, often operated as franchises of retail brands offered by the three major nationwide. |
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