Sentences with phrase «bigger pharmacy benefits manager»

Cigna announced it will spend about $ 52 billion to acquire the nation's biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts.

The insurer Cigna will spend about $ 52 billion to acquire the nation's biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed tie - ups as health care's bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.

Cigna will spend about $ 52 billion to acquire the nation's biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed tie - ups as health care's bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.

Not exact matches

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding said Anthem, its biggest customer and one that has sued the company over claims of being overcharged, was unlikely to renew its contract after it ends in 2019.

The big insurer, which acquired a chain of outpatient surgery centers earlier this year, has a wide array of profitable health care businesses like its own pharmacy benefit manager and various consulting arms through its Optum unit.