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Caremark rejects Express Scripts bid, favors CVS
Reuters   Monday, 08 January 2007

A pedestrian walks past a CVS drugstore in Boston, Massachusetts November 1, 2006. Caremark Rx said late on Sunday it had rejected a roughly $26 billion takeover bid from rival Express Scripts, saying it favored an offer of about $22.2 billion from drugstore chain CVS. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Pharmacy benefit manager Caremark Rx said late on Sunday it had rejected a roughly $26 billion takeover bid from rival Express Scripts, saying it favored an offer of about $22.2 billion from drugstore chain CVS Corp.


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CVS sees closing Caremark merger in 1st quarter
Reuters   Monday, 08 January 2007

A pedestrian walks past a CVS drugstore in Boston, Massachusetts November 1, 2006. Caremark Rx said late on Sunday it had rejected a roughly $26 billion takeover bid from rival Express Scripts, saying it favored an offer of about $22.2 billion from drugstore chain CVS. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Drugstore chain CVS Corp. on Monday said it expected to close its merger with pharmacy benefit manager Caremark Rx Inc. in the first quarter.


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Rite Aid sued by women manager assaulted
AP   Saturday, 06 January 2007
AP - Several women who were sexually assaulted by a former Rite Aid manager who knocked them out with stolen drugs have sued their attacker and the pharmacy chain for $18 million.
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Genentech says cancer drug trial "encouraging"
Reuters   Saturday, 06 January 2007
Reuters - An ovarian cancer drug under development by Genentech Inc. that many investors had written off showed promise in a midstage trial, even though the trial may not have met its main goal.
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Lilly Gets a Lift from Zyprexa News
BusinessWeek Online   Friday, 05 January 2007
BusinessWeek Online - Eli Lilly expects to settle thousands of lawsuits over how it marketed the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa for less than $500 million, the Indianapolis pharmaceutical company said on Jan. 4.
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Express Scripts woos Caremark owners
AP   Friday, 05 January 2007

Customers take advantage of the drive through pharmacy window outside a CVS drug store in a Bainbridge Twp., Ohio file photo from Aug. 3, 2006. Some Caremark Rx shareholders go to court to try to force the Nashville-based pharmacy benefits manager to take a harder look at a buyout bid from Express Scripts. Caremark has agreed to be bought by drug store chain CVS Corp.  (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)AP - Express Scripts Inc., which has launched a hostile bid for rival pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc., took its case directly to Caremark shareholders Thursday, urging them in a letter to vote against a buyout offer from CVS Corp.


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Longs Drug Stores December same-store US sales up 1 pct
Reuters   Friday, 05 January 2007
Reuters - Longs Drug Stores Corp. , which operates more than 500 pharmacies in the western United States, on Thursday said December sales at retail drug stores open at least one year rose 1 percent from a year earlier.
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Express Scripts, CVS defend their Caremark bids
Reuters   Friday, 05 January 2007
Reuters - The high-stakes battle to acquire Caremark Rx Inc. escalated on Thursday when Express Scripts Inc. urged shareholders of the rival pharmacy benefits manager to reject an offer from drugstore chain CVS Corp.
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Lilly to settle more Zyprexa lawsuits
AP   Friday, 05 January 2007
AP - Eli Lilly and Co. said Thursday it will settle about 18,000 additional lawsuits alleging the drugmaker did not adequately warn patients that its anti-psychotic medication Zyprexa carries a heightened risk of diabetes.
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Lilly settles most Zyprexa claims, to take charge
Reuters   Friday, 05 January 2007
Reuters - Eli Lilly and Co. said on Thursday it has agreed to settle the majority of cases brought against the company by patients claiming its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa caused them to develop diabetes.
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Eli Lilly settling more Zyprexa suits
AP   Friday, 05 January 2007
AP - The drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. said Thursday it will settle more liability lawsuits for its anti-psychotic medication Zyprexa for less than $500 million.
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