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- 13y agoESRXWAGExpress Scripts and Walgreens Offer New Solution to Improve Patient HealthBusiness WireST. LOUIS & DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX) and Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) (NASDAQ:WAG) today announced the launch of Smart90® Walgreens, a new option for Express Scripts clients interested in 90-day prescription drug programs that drive lower costs and improve health outcomes for people with chronic diseases who require long-term treatment.
- 13y agoALRHWAYWAGCoppersmith Capital Files Definitive Proxy Materials to Elect Three Highly-Qualified Candidates to Alere’s Board and Sends Letter to Alere StockholdersBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coppersmith Capital Management, LLC (“Coppersmith Capital”) and the other participants in its proxy solicitation (collectively, “Coppersmith”), the fourth-largest stockholder of Alere, Inc. (NYSE: ALR) (“Alere”), owning approximately 7% of the shares outstanding, today announced that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission definitive proxy materials in c ...
- 14y agoHUMWAGHumana to Offer Medicare Prescription Drug, Health Plans at Select Walgreens in FloridaBusiness WireTAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of Florida’s leading health care companies with nearly 600,000 Medicare members statewide, will collaborate with Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) during the upcoming Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) – Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 – to staff nearly 100 Walgreens locations in Florida and more than 50 Walgreens, in Puerto Rico with Humana M ...
- 14y agoGWAYWAGWalgreens Deploys Greenway’s Electronic Health Record Solution for Immunizations and Health TestingBusiness WireCARROLLTON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: GWAY) today announced that Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) is deploying its electronic health record (EHR) solution to more closely integrate the healthcare services Walgreens offers in its stores. The EHR is currently in more than 200 Walgreens stores, with chainwide rollout to its nearly 8,000 locations planned to b ...
- 14y agoESRXWAGExpress Scripts and Walgreens Announce New Pharmacy Network AgreementBusiness WireST. LOUIS & DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) today announced the companies have reached a multi-year pharmacy network agreement that includes rates and terms under which Walgreens will participate in the broadest Express Scripts retail pharmacy network available to new and existing clients. The companies are not disclosing the ...
- 14y agoWAGKKRKKR-backed Alliance Boots Forms Strategic Partnership with Walgreens to Create the First Global Pharmacy-led Health and Wellbeing EnterpriseBusiness WireNEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR”) announced that Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG), the largest drug store chain in the US, and Alliance Boots GmbH, the leading international pharmacy-led health and beauty group, have agreed to form a strategic partnership to create the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing e ...
- 14y agoWAGBIOSWalgreens Completes Acquisition of BioScrip's Community Specialty Pharmacies and Centralized Specialty and Mail Service Pharmacy BusinessesBusiness WireDEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of certain assets of BioScrip, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: BIOS) community specialty pharmacies and centralized specialty and mail service pharmacy businesses.
- 14y agoBIOSWAGBioScrip Completes Sale of Community Pharmacies and Centralized Specialty and Mail Service Pharmacy to WalgreensBusiness WireELMSFORD, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) (the “Company”) today announced that it has closed the sale of certain assets of its community specialty pharmacies and centralized specialty and mail service pharmacy businesses (the “Transferred Businesses”) to Walgreen Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG). The closing was effective at 11 pm CDT on May 4, 2012. The transaction represents a total ...
- 14y agoBIOSWAGBioScrip Sells Assets of Specialty Pharmacies and Centralized Specialty and Mail Service Pharmacy to WalgreensBusiness WireELMSFORD, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) (the “Company”) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell certain assets of its community specialty pharmacies and centralized specialty and mail service pharmacy businesses (the “Transferred Businesses”) to Walgreens Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), for a total deal value of approximately $225 million. This includes ap ...
- 15y agoCVHWAGCoventry Health Care Joins Forces with Walgreens, Walmart on New 2012 Medicare Part D Plan Available Across the Continental U.S.Business WireBETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE: CVH) announced today that it has joined in partnership for 2012 with the nation’s largest and best known names in retail and pharmacy—Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), Walmart, and Target—to offer a novel Medicare prescription drug plan known as First Health Value Plus (PDP). As Coventry’s newest Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, First ...
- 15y agoINWKWAGInnerWorkings and Walgreen Co. Announce Three Year Contract ExtensionBusiness WireCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InnerWorkings, Inc. (NASDAQ:INWK), a leading provider of managed print and promotional solutions, announced today a multi-year print management contract extension with Walgreen Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ:WAG).
- 15y agoCHSIWAGCatalyst and Walgreen Co. Announce Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting PeriodBusiness WireROCKVILLE, Md. & DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHSI) and Walgreen Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) announced that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, in connection with Catalyst’s previously announced proposed acquisition of Walgreens Hea ...
- 15y agoDSCMWAGThe Law Office of Abe Shainberg Launches an Investigation into Possible Breaches of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of drugstore.com, inc. in Connection with the Sale of the Company to Walgreen Company – DSCMBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Law Office of Abe Shainberg is investigating the Board of Directors of drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq: DSCM) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, drugstore.com shareholders will receive $3.80 in cash per share for ...
- 15y agoDSCMWAGRobbins Umeda LLP Is Investigating drugstore.com, inc. Acquisition for ShareholdersBusiness WireSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Robbins Umeda LLP, a shareholder rights litigation firm, is interested in helping shareholders of drugstore.com, inc. The firm has commenced an investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by members of the board of directors of drugstore.com, inc. (NASDAQ: DSCM) in connection with their efforts to sell drugstore.com to Walgre ...
- 15y agoWAGDSCMWalgreens to Acquire Online Retailer drugstore.com, inc.Business WireDEERFIELD, Ill. & BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) and online retailer drugstore.com, inc. (NASDAQ: DSCM) today announced a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Walgreens will acquire drugstore.com in a transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $409 million.
- 15y agoWAGCHSIWalgreen Co. to Sell Pharmacy Benefit Management Business to Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.Business WireDEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) today announced a definitive agreement with Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) under which Catalyst will acquire Walgreens pharmacy benefit management business, Walgreens Health Initiatives, Inc. (WHI), in a cash transaction for $525 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is structured as an acqui ...
- 15y agoCHSIWAGCatalyst Health Solutions to Acquire Walgreens Health Initiatives for $525 MillionBusiness WireROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHSI) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Walgreen Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) to acquire Walgreens’ pharmacy benefit management (PBM) subsidiary, Walgreens Health Initiatives, Inc. (WHI), for $525 million in cash.