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Merck/Medco Model Returns – At The PBM Management Level

 
• By Michael McCaughan

Former tops execs at GSK and Lilly are going to try their hand at running PBMs. If they need advice, they can ask their predecessors from the 1990s, when big pharma ran the big three PBMs.

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Former Eli Lilly & Co. Chief Financial Officer Derica Rice will face an unprecedented challenge as he takes over leadership of CVS Health Corp./Caremark Rx Inc.while the pharmacy benefit management/retail pharmacy hybrid completes its merger with Aetna Inc..

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