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...That deal was followed by CVS Health’s acquisition of Signify Health for about $8bn. Other private equity groups have also become big investors in healthcare companies....
...At the turn of the month, the head of CVS Health’s anti-theft team told a Senate Committee it currently experiences losses of $200m at its chain of pharmacies, with an average take of $2,000....
...Pharmaceuticals, which is privately owned, Johnson & Johnson, Allergan, Mallinckrodt, Endo and Teva; distributors such as McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health; and drugstore chains such as Walgreens and CVS...
...CVS Health climbed after it increased the lower end of its profit guidance for 2016....
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, already operates more than 4,000 pharmacies at its superstores and warehouse clubs across the US....
...All the buildings were previously drug stores that were acquired and then sold off by CVS, the pharmacy group, as part of the break-up of the old Albertson’s supermarket group in 2006....
...A US judge on Tuesday delayed a shareholder vote on the $25.5bn merger of CVS, the drug store chain, and Caremark, the pharmacy benefits manager, on the grounds that investors did not have sufficient time...
...Express Scripts tabled a $26bn offer to buy Caremark in a move by the pharmacy benefits manager that could stymie a $21bn all-stock bid made by CVS , which Caremark has already accepted....
...Albertsons Sav-on and Osco pharmacy chains could be attractive to rivals Walgreens and CVS, who are both expanding their networks....
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