OptumRx To Be ‘Competitive Force’ In PBM Industry With Catamaran Buy
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The merger of UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx with Catamaran could give the combined firm greater pricing leverage as it becomes one of the industry's giants, along with CVS Health’s Caremark and Express Scripts.
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