KKR’s $1.4 billion acquisition of PharMerica completed early
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Dec 08, 2017
The acquisition of long-term care pharmacy PharMerica Corporation by investment firm KKR has been completed slightly ahead of schedule, the companies announced Thursday.
Looks like insurance isn’t the only thing being exchanged here
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John O'Connor
Sep 23, 2013
I have a friend who might be best described as a curmudgeon-in-training. He seems to live in a world where almost everything was better than it is now.
The economics of the flu shot
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Elizabeth Newman
Jan 23, 2013
In the hearty debates taking place around McKnight’s stories about the flu shot, there’s one angle that, quite frankly, hasn’t been brought up much.
Walgreens back in the long-term care market, sort of
Jan 16, 2013
With more vendors targeting the hospice market, two drug giants appear ready to face off. Walgreens left the institutional-pharmacy business in 2010, of which hospice pharmacy is a part, in a deal with...
Walgreens buys drugstore.com for $409 million
Jun 07, 2011
Walgreens has purchased drugstore.com for $409 million, the company announced. The acquisition gives Walgreens access to drugstore.com’s three million customers. Walgreens is the nation’s largest...