Walgreens Boots Alliance reported favorable fourth quarter and fiscal 2017 results. For the fourth quarter, sales increased 5.3% to $30.1 billion. For the year, sales stayed almost flat at 0.7% to $118.2 billion.

The company recently completed a $5.0 billion share repurchase and added $1.0 billion to program. It made headlines this fall for a global agreement with Fareva, as reported in Happi.