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...UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx and Cigna’s Express Scripts, the two other large PBMs, have continued to give Humira preferred placement on their formulary lists as AbbVie has offered them bigger rebates....
...Last year, health insurer Cigna bought PBM ExpressScripts for $54bn, pharmacy chain and benefits manager CVS Health bought insurer Aetna for $69bn, and United Healthcare, which already owned PBM OptumRX,...
...Some other insurers also have an integrated model that combines an insurer with a PBM, such as UnitedHealth, which cuts deals with drugmakers through its OptumRx division, and a consortium of Blue Cross...
...UnitedHealth said it would acquire Catamaran Rx, the fourth-biggest US pharmacy-benefits manager, for $61.50 per share in cash and combine it with OptumRx, its own pharmacy business....
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