Aetna buys out pharmacy JV
Executive Summary
Aetna will own 100% of Aetna Specialty Pharmacy under a deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2006. The health insurer currently owns 40% of the joint venture with Priority Healthcare, which was recently acquired by the pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (1"The Pink Sheet" Aug. 1, 2005, p. 22)...
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