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 ...

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 ...

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Express Scripts Inc has agreed to buy rival Medco Health Solutions Inc for about $29 billion, combining two of the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit managers, the Wall Street ...

Pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions Inc have supplied more information requested by U.S. antitrust regulators in connection with their pending $29 billion merger, ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Express Scripts will pay Medco shareholders $28.80 in cash and 0.81 of an Express Scripts share for every Medco share held. The ...

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 ...

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’ specialty drug revenue in 2010 totaled about $4.4 billion, or 11 percent of the market, according to Adam Fein, a pharmacy industry expert with Philadelphia-based Pembroke Consulting ...

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 ...