This is interesting and should be a wake up call t...

2009-04-02T10:53:00.000-04:00

This is interesting and should be a wake up call to many. I've talked to a number of people that have raised concerns about the size of this giant. We've not seen the industry take advantage of these types of mergers in the past. That is not to say CVS Caremark can't/won't but the reality is that to make the biggest splash would mean big changes for both and that is tough on cultures of both companies.

I'd be more concerned about other changes in the market, namely WalMart (even before the aquisition of Walgreens :)) and their pursuit of business that makes sense for their model. Not to mention the impact that mega-mergers have on wholesalers and the resulting ripples from those impacts.

Al Godley

While Wall Street may have not noticed, community ...

2009-04-02T09:36:00.000-04:00

While Wall Street may have not noticed, community pharmacy has. More and more of our commercial insurance (not medicaid/medicare)customers are being directed to CVS retail stores by mailings from CVS Caremark. If CVS cannot create "significant" impact from their shooting fish in a barrel strategy, shame on them and their corporate leaders. I wish I had such a built in advantage for our two pharmacies

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This is interesting and should be a wake up call t...

While Wall Street may have not noticed, community ...