Article: Mail-order volume soars. (mail-order pharmacy businesses)(Rx: Mass Market Retail Pharmacy)

Mail-Order Volume Soars

ARLINGTON, Va.--The proliferation of third-party has created explosive volume growth for mail-order pharmacy businesses, which can reduce costs and ease paperwork for plan administrators.

The $2 billion industry is growing 40% to 43% per year, according to Thrift Drug Co. vice president of pharmacy services Dennis Santo, whose company's mail-order Express Pharmacy Services currently has 800 corporate clients.

The market's volume is projected by some to reach $5 billion in less than three years, and is conservatively forecast to hit $6.5 billion by 1995.

The industry has been driven by the increasing number of ...

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