INDIANAPOLIS — Express Scripts Inc. stands to gain considerable negotiating clout from its $4.68 billion deal to buy the pharmacy benefits management businesses of health insurer WellPoint Inc., and experts say that could mean savings for customers buying prescription drugs.
St. Louis-based Express Scripts to buy WellPoint subsidiaries for $4.68 billion
Monday, April 13, 2009 | 4:11 p.m. CDT;
updated 5:01 p.m. CDT, Monday, April 13, 2009
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