(AP) Express Scripts Inc. said Monday that it completed its $29.1 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc., creating the largest pharmacy benefits manager in the country by far. The closing ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Express Scripts Inc may close its $29 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc as soon as next week, the U.S. pharmacy benefit managers said on Wednesday. Medco's shares rose 3.3 ...

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 has struggled in the past two years and initiated the merger talks with Express Scripts. If the merger falls apart, Express Scripts -- which negotiated from a position of strength -- will not ...

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

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 Inc. has agreed to acquire pharmacy benefit management company Medco Solutions Inc. of Franklin Lakes, N.J., in a deal worth about $29 billion. St. Louis-based Express Scripts has a ...

*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. 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 ...