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Generics Win in an Express Scripts/Medco deal

By Ben Comer | Published: July 27, 2011
As a preferred generics supplier to Medco’s mail-order business, Novartis’ Sandoz division, for one, should be waiting with bated breath – and champagne at the ready – for an FTC approval of Express Scripts’ proposed $29.1 billion acquisition of Medco, which would combine two of the three largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBM), according to industry [...]
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Pharma to Flash the Cash to Counter Bleak Short-Term Outlook

By Julian Upton | Published: July 13, 2011
Nearly two-thirds of US senior pharmaceutical executives surveyed by last month foresee a ‘full economic recovery’ by the end of 2013, with more than half of these pointing to an upturn in the industry’s fortunes by the end of next year. However, 27 percent of the 100 executives interviewed by KPMG for its Industry Pulse Survey [...]
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