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Prime Therapeutics Is Acquiring Magellan Rx To Advance Integrated Specialty Drug Management, Accelerating Efforts To Lower The Cost Of Drugs And Improve Health Outcomes

May 05, 2022•over 3 years ago

Acquiring Company

Prime Therapeutics

Acquired Company

Magellan Rx

EaganInsurance

Description

Pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) on May 3 entered into a definitive agreement with Centene Corporation to acquire Magellan Health, Inc.'s pharmacy business, Magellan Rx Management, (Magellan Rx) for approximately $1.35 billion.

Company Information

Company

Prime Therapeutics

Location

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

About

Everything we do is connected to helping people get the medicine they need to feel better and live well. It’s meaningful work and we’ve been doing it for over 24 years. In the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry, we’re different. We’re owned by 18 not-for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans. This allows us to control costs and empower our employees to put members first. It’s a successful combination. We have the lowest pharmacy trend in the industry and serve 28+ million members throughout the US.

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