The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Express Scripts said Tuesday that it's finished its $248 million acquisition of the workers' compensation pharmacy benefit management business of privately held Medical Services Co. from Monitor Clipper Partners, a private equity investment firm. (ESRX)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- MCP-MSC Acquisition, Inc. announced today the close of the sale of MSC - Medical Services Company's Pharmacy Services Division (PBM) to Express Scripts Inc. Effective today, MSC's Ancillary Division will begin oper...
Patient Centric Healthcare (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
TMA, a group that was doing a PBM study, called me with questions a few months ago. They sent me some of the results of the work last week. A few interesting observations from them looking at CVS Caremark, Medco, Express Scripts, Wellpoint NextRx, Prescription Solutions, Aetna Pharmacy, and CIgna: Aetna was cited as having the [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX), one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in North America, announced today its intention to release its second
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
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The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Walgreen Co. said Tuesday that one of its subsidiaries has completed the acquisition of the Louisville, Ky., infusion pharmacy business of Express Scripts Inc. (WAG) (ESRX)
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG)(NASDAQ:WAG), through its subsidiary Option Care Enterprises, Inc., has completed its acquisition of CuraScript Infusion Pharmacy, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Express Scripts, Inc.
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
The deal is expected to accelerate the move toward paperless prescribing, which has so far been embraced by only a fraction of physicians. That’s because one of the networks is operated by big pharmacy benefits managers - Medco Health, CVS Caremark and Express Scripts - and the other by drugstore chains such as Walgreen, Rite [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Shares of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. have come under pressure following the news that a generic version of the cholesterol drug Lipitor won't reach the market until late 2011.
Word on the Street (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Squawk Box Question: CNBC.com managing editor Allen Wastler enjoys a stogie in his byline photo. What brand of cigar? Answer: Cuvee Blanc Churchill Squawk on the Street Question: In “Health Care Stocks: Schwab’s Rx” why did Paul Alan Davis praise Express Scripts? Answer: it’s “part of the solution” Check back later for more Bonus Bucks questions and answers from [...]
Underdog (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Attention Good year Hourly Employee`s ! Having Prescription Drugs filled ? Do you go through Express Scripts ? Check out the pdf. link. Click on the link below. Wal-Mart has a $4.00 prescription Drug Program, that you can get some drugs cheaper there. Just click on The title or the link provided and check your Drugs out. Kinda like our Tire-Rebate Program, our Drug program is not what it once was !...
Patient Centric Healthcare (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
I was looking for something else in the Express Scripts Drug Trend Report 2005 when I came across this study referenced on page 209. I should have remembered since I wrote this section (yes I was a contributor see page 332). This is a Morgan Stanley study which talks about why people choose [...]
HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Healt (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Last week, Paul Levy blogged on patient compliance with drug regimens, offering some statistics courtesy of Express Scripts, the recently-fined PBM. (I caught wind of Paul's post only yesterday, thanks to my wife the Luddite who has the Boston Globe...
Patient Centric Healthcare (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Express Scripts has been in the Worker’s Compensation space for years now. As I suggested several months ago (see #2), buying a worker’s compensation PBM makes some sense. The margins are good, but it does require a different service model. That being said, they jumped in last week with the announcement to buy the worker’s compensation [...]
Managed Care Matters (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
So the purchase of MSC Pharmacy Services by Express Scripts will be finalized within a few weeks; what's next? It is way too early to tell, as the announcement hit the street just last Friday. That said, from discussions with...
