CVS CEO Larry Merlo On What Comes Next After Aetna Merger

One day after CVS' $70bn acquisition of Aetna closed, CEO Larry Merlo spoke at the Forbes Healthcare Summit about why the vertical integration makes sense and how it will contribute to lower healthcare spending.

Larry Merlo, Chairman & CEO, CVS Health, spoke this morning at the Forbes Healthcare Summit in NYC — • Source: Forbes

Industry stakeholders have a lot of questions about what the implications will be for the merger of the pharmacy retail chain and pharmacy benefit manager

CVS Health Corp. and the insurance provider Aetna Inc.. One day after CVS' $70bn acquisition of Aetna closed,...

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