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...A CVS-Aetna deal would combine the third largest health insurer in the US with the two planks of CVS’s business: a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) that negotiates the prices of medicines with pharma groups...
...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....
...Both pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy retailers have been active in striking deals in recent years, in an effort to exert pressure on generic and specialty pharma drugmakers....
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