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CVS tops profit estimates with new pharmacy-services customers
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp., the biggest provider of prescription drugs in the U.S., reported profit that beat analysts’ estimates after adding new customers...
Onyx rebuffs higher Amgen bid
NEW YORK -- Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., the biotechnology company said to have rebuffed an initial takeover bid from Amgen Inc., is involved with several...
Small-business insurance market from health law delayed a year
WASHINGTON - Small-business employees will have to wait a year before they can choose their own medical plans after the Obama administration delayed a...
Flu shots hard to find at CVS, Rite Aid as patient...
NEW YORK - CVS Caremark Corp. and Rite Aid Corp., two of the largest U.S. drugstore chains, said they are running short of influenza...
Covidien spinning off drugs unit to focus on pain management
DUBLIN - Covidien Plc., a maker of surgical products and drugs, plans to spin off its pharmaceuticals division into a separate company that would...
U.S. waives health insurance minimums for 1 million
WASHINGTON - Almost a million workers won’t get a consumer protection in U.S. health law meant to cap insurance costs because the government exempted...