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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(AP) Express Scripts Inc. said Monday that it completed its $29.1 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc., creating the largest pharmacy benefits manager in the country by far. The closing ...

Express Scripts Holding Co. defeated a bid by retail drugstores to suspend its $29.1 billion purchase of Medco Health Solutions Inc. while a lawsuit challenging the takeover is pending. Express ...

An alliance of drugstores and community pharmacists has filed a federal lawsuit to stop Express Scripts Inc.’s $29.1 billion takeover of Medco Health Solutions, a deal they fear would create a giant ...

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 ...

Express Scripts Inc. announced an agreement Thursday to buy larger rival Medco Health Solutions Inc., a combination that would handle the prescriptions of about 135 million people, more than one in ...

Express Scripts Inc. has agreed to acquire pharmacy benefit management company Medco Solutions Inc. of Franklin Lakes, N.J., in a deal worth about $29 billion. St. Louis-based Express Scripts has a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Six years ago I left a very satisfying career helping patients as a physician and a hospital administrator to join Express ...