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Article: NCPA Expresses Concerns to FTC on Proposed Acquisition of Wellpoint's PBM by Express Scripts.
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- April 28, 2009
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Bruce Roberts, RPh, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) executive vice president and CEO, has written Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz regarding the potential anti-competitive effects of Express Scripts' proposed acquisition of Wellpoint's Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) business. This letter follows current efforts by NCPA to urge the FTC to reconsider the CVS Caremark merger as a result of evidence indicating anticompetitive practices and patient privacy violations. These continued efforts are designed to highlight to the FTC the skewed playing field and increasing lack of choice provided to patients in their ...
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