Calling it a move to accelerate “efforts to create greater efficiencies in the health care system,” St. Louis pharmacy benefit management company Express Scripts Inc. announced Thursday it is merging ...

The top two U.S. companies managing prescription drug benefits are uniting in a $29.1 billion deal they say will help achieve key goals of the health care overhaul: reining in costs and improving ...

Medco Health Solutions rose in early trading after saying its $29.1 billion takeover by rival pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts may be completed as early as next week. “Express Scripts now ...

The new Express Scripts combines best-in-class clinical expertise and innovative applications of behavioral science to improve patient health while driving down the cost of healthcare. Combining the ...

Shares of pharmacy benefits mangers Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. both rose higher than the broader market Tuesday morning, a day after the companies said they now expect their ...

Medco, the company that manages the pharmacy benefit for Purdue's medical plans, has merged with Express Scripts. Although the combined company will call itself Express Scripts, plan participants will ...

Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions says its shareholders have approved the company’s proposed acquisition by Express Scripts for $29.1 billion. The Franklin Lakes, N.J., company says a ...

ST. LOUIS — Two of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers plan to merge in a deal worth $29.1 billion. St. Louis-based Express Scripts and Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based Medco Health Solutions ...

The approval ends an eight-month investigation of the proposed deal that was announced last July. According to information released by the FTC, approving the merger "was not an easy decision." Among ...

Express Scripts Inc. agreed to buy Medco Health Solutions Inc. for $29.1 billion to become the largest pharmacy-benefits manager in the United States. The $71.36 per-share offer in cash and stock is ...

NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - Express Scripts Inc will buy rival Medco Health Solutions Inc for $29.1 billion, creating a U.S. powerhouse in managing prescription drug benefits that is sure to draw ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. jumped Wednesday after the pharmacy benefits managers said their $29.1 billion combination could close as soon as next ...