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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Express Scripts has announced a merger agreement with its pharmacy benefits management competitor Medco. The deal between the two PBM giants is valued at $29.1 billion. "The cost and quality of ...

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 ...

But Express Scripts has the larger value, with a market capitalization of about $29.5 billion, versus nearly $26 billion for Medco, as of Thursday afternoon. Express Scripts and Medco said they ...

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 ...