Express Scripts CEO: “I Don’t Mind If Amazon Comes In”
Executive Summary
The pharmacy benefit manager had a rosy view at the J.P. Morgan conference on the online retailer potentially entering the drug distribution market. That may be because CEO Wentworth views them as a partner.
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