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 ...

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 (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...