Service Fees, Lower Brand Discounts Replacing Rebate Revenue For Medco
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Medco is passing on an increasingly higher percentage of rebates to clients, CFO JoAnn Reed said during a quarterly earnings call April 26
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