Category: NYSE:CVS

Trump Phones, And Pfizer Reverses Price Hikes. But Why?

Pfizer, one of the world’s largest drug companies, reversed price hikes it had taken on dozens of medicines last week after a phone call between the company’s chief executive, President Donald Trump, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex…

Amid Executive Shuffle, Anthem Looks To Expand Health Services

Anthem CEO Gail Boudreaux is dealing with executive departures while expanding into healthcare services, forming what some are calling a “mini Optum.”

Walgreens Completes Investment In Chinese Pharmacy Chain

Walgreens Boots Alliance has completed its 40% stake in Chinese retail pharmacy chain Sinopharm Holding Guoda Drugstores Co. for $416 million.

Amazon’s PillPack Deal Adds Drama To Rite Aid-Albertsons Vote

Amazon’s purchase of the online retail pharmacy PillPack comes as Rite Aid shareholders weigh whether to vote in favor of a merger with Albertsons grocery.

Amazon May Push Walgreens To Expand UnitedHealth And LabCorp Deals

Walgreens Boots Alliance may expand relationships with UnitedHealth Group’s MedExpress urgent care unit and the diagnostic test firm LabCorp if investors have their way.

PillPack Aside, Amazon’s Far From Catching CVS And Walgreens

Amazon may need more deals beyond the online pharmacy PillPack to catch CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Walmart to compete in the U.S. prescription business.

PillPack Aside, Amazon’s Far From Catching CVS And Walgreens

Amazon may need more deals beyond the online pharmacy PillPack to catch CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Walmart to compete in the U.S. prescription business.

John Sculley Weighs In On Amazon, Health M&A And The Future Of PBMs

Amazon is buying pharma start-up PillPack for around $1 Billion. Buffet, Bezos and Dimon (Berkshire-Amazon-JPMorgan Chase) created an entity that will be headed by Dr. Atul Gawande. So John Sculley was the perfect person to ask about the last few days …

Here’s Why Companies Are Looking To Their Suppliers To Cut Carbon Footprints

For retailers, who don’t make the products that they sell, much of their environmental impact comes from their suppliers. A growing number of them are asking their supply chains to tell them how much carbon they are emitting and how they are going to r…

Walgreens CEO: ‘We’re Not Worried’ About Amazon’s PillPack Deal

Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Stefano Pessina said the retail pharmacy giant wasn’t worried about Amazon’s purchase of online pharmacy PillPack.