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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 week. Express ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over two dozen states are scrutinizing Express Scripts' proposed acquisition of Medco Health Solutions, as pharmacists stoke fears that the $22 billion deal would propel the ...