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October 26, 2011
EPS rises 22% for Express Scripts in Q3

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts reported its third-quarter results for the period ended Sept. 30.

October 24, 2011
House members send letter to FTC criticizing Express Scripts-Medco merger

A number of members of Congress have raised questions about the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions, prompting a lobbying group that represents independent pharmacies and opposes the merger to highlight the matter.

October 21, 2011
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin expresses concern over WAG/ESI dispute

A state pharmacy association here weighed in on the Walgreens and Express Scripts dispute in an editorial published online late Thursday by the Herald Times Reporter.

October 21, 2011
Walgreens/Express Scripts dispute adding fuel to merger fire

It's been another busy week on the Walgreens/Express Scripts front as an arbiter ruled against preliminary injunctive relief in time for the 2012 Medicare open enrollment period, which actually started last week. What's more, other parties are beginning to weigh in on the dispute, notably in favor of Walgreens.

October 19, 2011
Preliminary injunctive relief denied in WAG/ESI dispute

According to a statement issued by Walgreens Wednesday morning, the arbitrator in the Express Scripts/Walgreens suit issued a ruling Sunday denying the parties’ requests for preliminary injunctive relief.

October 19, 2011
Preserve Community Pharmacy Access NOW! coalition opposes ESI/Medco merger

The Preserve Community Pharmacy Access NOW! coalition on Wednesday announced its opposition to the proposed merger between Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions.

October 18, 2011
Walgreens to remain part of three ESI networks; Tricare not one of them

To date, Walgreens and Express Scripts in the past month have navigated three one-off deals that will keep Walgreens' more than 7,800 pharmacies in the ESI pharmacy network, but the U.S. Department of Defense's Tricare does not look likely to become one-off deal No. 4, according to published reports.

October 17, 2011
Walgreens extends price guarantee to ESI for Tricare pharmacy program

In an effort to continue serving the U.S. Department of Defense's Tricare pharmacy program in 2012, Walgreens has offered a new proposal to Express Scripts.

October 13, 2011
S&P lowers WAG to negative, citing failed ESI negotiations

Standard & Poor's cut its outlook on Walgreens to negative from stable, citing the lack of progress in the drug store chain's negotiations with Express Scripts, according to a MarketWatch report published Thursday.

October 11, 2011
PBM postioned to ‘effectively compete’

At press time, the industry was weighing the potential merger of pharmacy benefit manager rivals Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions, but executives at CVS Caremark remain more confident than ever that its PBM business is ideally positioned to “effectively compete."


October 7, 2011
Half the states line up against ESI-Medco

The feathers continued to fly last week. First, NACDS debuted a new print ad in the Washington Post, then news broke that half the states in the country are against the $29 billion ESI-Medco mega-merger.

October 7, 2011
Walgreens, Express Scripts reach agreement on two plans in Puerto Rico

MMM Healthcare and PMC Medicare Choice on Friday announced that MMM and PMC members will continue to have access to the Walgreens pharmacy network.

October 4, 2011
NACDS urges consumers to prevent super-PBM 'stranglehold' on medicines

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores on Tuesday unveiled the print advertising component of its campaign to emphasize the anti-competitive and anti-consumer effects of the proposed merger of Express Scripts and Medco.

October 3, 2011
ESI launches suite of services for pharma, biotech companies

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts has launched a suite of services for drug makers through HealthBridge Pharma & Biotech to provide a single-solution approach to patient care.

September 27, 2011
Walgreens outlines impact scenarios from Express Scripts withdrawal

Walgreens mitigated projected repercussions out of the chain's withdrawal from the Express Scripts pharmacy network come January, as the Walgreens/Express Scripts failed negotiations again dominated the pharmacy's quarterly analyst call Tuesday morning.

September 23, 2011
NACDS warns of Express Scripts-Medco deal in radio ad

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has launched a new drive-time radio advertisement in the Washington, D.C., market to warn of the potential consequences of the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Medco.

September 20, 2011
Fighting fire with fire: ESI, Medco debut ad

One day after the National Association of Chain Drug Stores launched a radio ad in the Washington, D.C., market that warned of the potential consequences of the merger between pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Medco, the PBMs have debuted their own ad, which seeks to highlight the benefits of the deal.

September 20, 2011
Pharmacy, consumer groups put full-court press on Washington to block 'pernicious effects' of ESI-Medco merger

Only one stakeholder stands to gain from the proposed merger of Express Scripts and Medco — and that would be the new “mega PBM” the deal would create, not payers, and definitely not patients, either.

September 20, 2011
Study: Pharmacy customers expect shorter wait times, more services

Customers have higher expectations of shorter wait times and expect more from the pharmacist and pharmacy staff, according to a new survey released Tuesday by J.D. Power and Associates.

September 19, 2011
NACDS warns of Express Scripts-Medco deal in radio ad

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has launched a new drive-time radio advertisement in the Washington, D.C., market to warn of the potential consequences of the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Medco.

September 16, 2011
All eyes are turning toward Walgreens-ESI title bout

Round one between Walgreens and Express Scripts may have technically been a draw, but that still means Walgreens' appeals to benefit consultants and payers are still out there.

September 16, 2011
Express Scripts to provide services for cancer side effect treatment

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts will provide services for patients using a drug to manage a debilitating side effect of many anti-cancer treatments, ESI said.

September 16, 2011
Walgreens, ESI dispute moves to arbitration following court decision

U.S. District Court judge Marvin Aspen ruled in favor of Walgreens on Thursday; Express Scripts' federal suit against Walgreens will be halted pending arbitration.

September 15, 2011
Walgreens motions to stay ESI suit pending arbitration

Walgreens on Thursday morning argued for its motion to stay an Express Scripts suit filed against the Chicago-based pharmacy on Sept. 7, pending arbitration.

September 9, 2011
ESI gets hit from both sides

If this were a fist-fight, you might say Express Scripts just took the old "one-two" to the jaw — though in this case, the punches came from two different directions.

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