Rite Aid To Gain Specialty Drug, Part D Platforms With PBM EnvisionRx
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The drug store chain will purchase EnvisionRx, which serves over 21 million members and expects to manage 145 million pharmacy claims in 2015, for $2 billion in cash and stock.
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