Robert Langreth
CVS is `moving forward’ with Aetna deal as profit tops estimates
CVS Health Corp. said it’s making progress in the regulatory review of its $68 billion deal to buy health insurer Aetna Inc. after first-quarter...
Amazon effect works in reverse as CVS investors get over fears
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp., along with rival drugstores and drug distributors, rallied after a report that Amazon.com Inc. had shelved plans to...
Partners turned into prey as insurers, drug plans get squeezed
NEW YORK – Over 20 years, Brian Komoto built a thriving pharmacy in California’s Central Valley. Each day, his nurses would travel the vast...
Amazon threat looms as Walgreens surveys health care landscape
NEW YORK - The remaking of the U.S. health care industry is gaining speed, and some of the industry’s biggest players are racing to make...
Aetna and CVS were talking to others during takeover process
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. were both talking to other potential partners during early discussions that led to their $68 billion...
CVS’s megadeal to change U.S. health care faces stiff challenges
NEW YORK - Walking the aisles of a CVS drugstore, there are piled paper towels, stacked cereal boxes, and neat lines of nail polish....
CVS-Aetna deal may hinge on antitrust approach under Trump
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp.’s $67.5 billion takeover of Aetna Inc. will test the Trump administration’s approach to far-reaching corporate takeovers, just weeks after...
CVS to buy Aetna for $69B, remaking sector
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $69 billion, creating a health care giant that will have a hand...
CVS is said to near $65B-plus deal for insurer Aetna
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. is nearing an agreement to acquire health insurer Aetna Inc. for more than $65 billion, according to a...
CVS-Aetna deal could mean end of era in how drugs are...
NEW YORK - If Aetna Inc. is eventually swallowed by CVS Health Corp., an important part of the health care business will be changed...