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CVS-Aetna, Cigna-Express Scripts mergers reportedly close to DOJ approval
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The Department of Justice is getting close to approving
two healthcare megamergers, The Wall Street Journal
reported Wendesday. -
The mergers —one between pharmacy CVS
Health and insurer Aetna,
and the other between insurer Cigna
and pharmacy-benefits manager Express
Scripts — were announced at the end of 2017 and in March,
respectively. -
Express Scripts was up as much as 4% on the
report. - Cigna, Aetna, and CVS were all up at least 1%.
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The mergers, which would redraw the lines around what
defines healthcare companies had received additional
scrutiny from the DOJ, which requested more information from
both sets of companies. -
The Journal reports CVS and Aetna may be required to
sell certain businesses related to Medicare drug coverage in
order for their merger to go through, while a Cigna-Express
Scripts deal could come with no such
requirements.
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