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Amazon acquires PillPack as it muscles its way into the health care industry

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 28, 2018
Hear that thud? That’s the sound of Amazon getting into the retail pharmacy business. Today the online retail giant snatched up PillPack, an online pharmacy that presorts prescription drugs and delivers them to your door. Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS all saw their stock prices take a dive in early trading on news of the […]
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Cigna’s purchase of Express Scripts: Drug price relief ahead?

by Dan Gorenstein
Mar 8, 2018
Health insurance giant Cigna announced its intent Thursday to buy Express Scripts, a company that negotiates prescription drug deals on behalf of insurers and large employers. This merger comes on the heels of the CVS-Aetna deal late last year, which is also, in part, a marriage between an insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager – […]
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What the merger of CVS and Aetna could mean for customers

by Dan Gorenstein
Dec 12, 2017
With access to Aetna's 47 million customers, CVS wants to transform its stores into "health care hubs."
A CVS MinuteClinic in north Philadelphia.
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CVS might become your new doctor

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 4, 2017
CVS Health Corp. has plans to merge with the health insurance company Aetna Inc. in a $69 billion deal.
Pedestrians walk by a CVS store in San Francisco, California. 
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CVS-Aetna merger would help the drugstore take on Amazon

by Marielle Segarra
Oct 27, 2017
The massive e-tailer may be getting into the pharmaceutical industry.
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Notice less candy around CVS cash registers? You're right

by Sally Herships
Sep 13, 2017
CVS wants to be known for improving health, so it's making subtle changes.
A display at CVS touting healthy snacks.
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Is there actually aloe vera in your aloe vera gel?

by Donna Tam
Nov 22, 2016
Some national store-brands do not have any traces of the plant, Bloomberg reports.
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How CVS reined in drug prices

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 23, 2016
Its Caremark unit covers some 25 million U.S. customers
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Post cigarettes, CVS looks to grow as a health company

by Dan Weissmann
Aug 4, 2015
The company bought a pharmacy supplier and took over drugs for Target.
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Front-of-the-store sales key to Walgreens growth

by Adam Allington
Jul 9, 2015
Walgreens wants to sell more non-pharmacy products, with higher profit margins.
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