Medco creates chief pharmacist role
Executive Summary
Medco names former M.D. Anderson Cancer Center VP-Pharmacy Roger Anderson as its chief pharmacist, effective July 1. In the newly created position, Anderson will oversee the directors of each of the pharmacy benefit manager's distribution centers and report to Chief Operating Officer Kenneth Klepper. Medco announced the new position one week after it announced a settlement with 20 state attorneys general and agreed to an injunction that settles a portion of the Philadelphia U.S. Attorney's suit against the company (1"The Pink Sheet" May 3, 2004, p. 24)...
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