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Saturday May 26 | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Healthcare Business Recap: Express Scripts New Driver, Elan Pops

Early benefits from Express Scripts Holding's huge acquisition of Medco are being seen, such as a large windfall fromlower priced deals from manufacturers, and the lesser returns from the adoption of Medco's postage-rate strategy.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Elan Corporation Plc, Express Scripts, Medco Health Solution, Insurance, Rosetta Genomics, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

Thu May 24, 2012

Business Journal

International Economic Development Council to meet in St. Louis

Express Scripts President and CEO George Paz will be one of the keynote speakers at the International Economic Development Council's spring conference next month in St.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts

Wed May 23, 2012

Mid Rivers Newsmagazine Front Page

Job News hosting Spring Job Fair May 24

Job News is holding its Spring Job Fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, May 24 at the Doubletree Westport Hotel, 1973 Craigshire.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Marketing

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Healthcare Business Recap: GlaxoSmithKline Shakes on Human Genome,...

GlaxoSmithKline shares move lower Wednesday as the firm modifies the terms of its $2.6 billion tender offer for Human Genome , which require that its quarry redeem or invalidate its poison pill.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, GlaxoSmithKline, Healthcare, Express Scripts

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Job fair this Thursday

St. Louis, MO - Job News St. Louis is hosting its spring job fair this Thursday, offering a range of opportunities for would-be employees.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts

Tue May 22, 2012

PR-inside.com

"Express Scripts, Inc. - Strategy and SWOT Report" is now available at Fast Market Research

Express Scripts, Inc. - Strategy and SWOT Report, is a source of comprehensive company data and information.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Medco Health Solution, Insurance, 9

Sat May 19, 2012

El Paso Times

Walgreens vows rebound from Express Scripts battle

Walgreens has lost millions of dollars in prescription sales this year, and saw its second-quarter profit decline almost 8 percent because of its departure in January from Express Scripts -- the nation's largest network for filling drug prescriptions.

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Related Topix: Walgreens, Retail, Express Scripts, Medco Health Solution, Insurance, El Paso, IL, El Paso Electric, Energy

Thu May 17, 2012

Rehab Management

Poor Health Decisions Cost Billions; New Report Identifies Unhealthy...

Poor health choices add billions in cost to the companies, unions, health plans and government agencies that provide pharmacy benefits to Americans.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts

Sat May 12, 2012

Lincoln Daily News

Express Scripts stock rises after 1Q growth report

Shares of Express Scripts Holding Co. outpaced the broader market Friday, after the pharmacy benefits manger detailed the prescription growth it has seen in its first quarter since splitting with drugstore chain Walgreen Co.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Medco Health Solution, Insurance

Fri May 11, 2012

Optionetics

Option Watch: Express Scripts Risk Reversal

NASDAQ 100 constituent and pharmacy benefit management services specialist Express Scripts is bucking the broader market Friday with its gain of 1.50% despite a less-than-impressive sounding corporate confessional.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts

Health News Digest

Failure to Take Medicine Linked to Unnecessary Hospital Visits

Data from two studies show that patients 65 and older who did not take their medicines as prescribed had around a 30 percent higher risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease when compared to patients who took their medications as prescribed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hypertension, Health, Express Scripts, Heart Failure, Medicare

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Express Scripts 1Q profits slip by 18 percent

The Indianapolis Museum of Art has received a grant to digitize, catalog, and put online a collection of materials about a 1957 modernist-style home in Columbus designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Eero Saarinen, Purdue University

Thu May 10, 2012

KWQC-TV Davenport

News Summary: Express Scripts 1Q profit slips

By DANIEL WAGNER AP Business Writer JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says the company expects to lose $800 million this quarter on complex investments made by its own traders.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Medco Health Solution, Insurance, Internet, Science / Technology

The Miami Herald

Express Scripts 1Q profit slips 18 percent

Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts says its first-quarter profit fell 18 percent as it worked to close its $29 billion acquisition of competitor Medco.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Medco Health Solution, Insurance

Wed May 09, 2012

National Journal

Today's Influence Ads: NCPA Calls for PBM Reform

Following the approval of the merger between the pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Medco , the National Community Pharmacists Association has a new ad out today warning that "now PBM windfall profits will soar even further - at the expense of patients and pharmacies," according to a compilation of print influence ads by Kantar Media 's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Kantar, Vector Software, Life Technologies

WSTC-AM Norwalk

Earnings Preview: Express Scripts reports on 1Q

Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts will give investors a sense for how it expects to fare as a much larger company when it reports on first quarter earnings Thursday after markets close.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts

Mon May 07, 2012

KSDK NewsChannel 5

9 St. Louis companies make Fortune 500 list for 2012

High prices at the pump translated into great results for energy companies like Exxon Mobil, which knocked Walmart out of the top spot - moving it to number two.

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Related Topix: Exxon Mobil, Energy, Oil & Gas, Express Scripts

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Express Scripts Holding First Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

S&P 500 component Express Scripts Holding Company will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, May 10, 2012.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts

Fri May 04, 2012

Freshnews

Express Scripts to Present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Conference

ST. LOUIS, May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Express Scripts, Inc. announced that it will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Healthcare Conference on May 16, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. PDT at the Encore at the Wynn in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Las Vegas, NV, Media Players, Online Music

Thu May 03, 2012

Canadian Business Magazine

Key revenue figure drops 6.4 pct for Walgreen

Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. said Thursday monthly revenue from stores open at least a year slipped again in April largely due to its split with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.

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Related Topix: Walgreens, Retail, Express Scripts

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