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Diplomat Pharmacy agrees to $300 million buyout by UnitedHealth

December 9, 2019 by Chain Drug Review Brian Griffin, Diplomat, UnitedHealth Business, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

FLINT, Mich. — UnitedHealth Group pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx on Monday announced plans to purchase specialty drug provider Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. for about $300 million. The news comes amid continued financial struggles for Diplomat. In the third quarter, the company reported a $177 million net loss. In a statement, Diplomat chairman and chief executive officer

Transformational deal weighed by CVS

November 6, 2017 by Bill Schiffner Adam Fein, Aetna, Amazon, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS-Aetna deal, Humana, Larry Merlo, Mark Bertolini, MinuteClinic, OptumRx, Pembroke Consulting, UnitedHealth 2017, Issue 11-06-2017, Issues, News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — At presstime The Wall Street Journal along with other news agencies reported that CVS Health will offer more than $200 per share, or about $66 billion, to purchase the health insurance giant Aetna Inc. Anonymous sources cited by WSJ originated the story about a potential CVS-Aetna deal. The possible transaction comes as