Cigna makes bid to buy drug plan middle man Express Scripts

Published March 8, 2018 12:46pm ET



Major health insurer Cigna intends to acquire the pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts for roughly $67 billion, according to multiple reports.

The bid is the latest sign of growing consolidation among healthcare service companies. It follows a bid by the CVS pharmacy chain to merge with health insurance giant Aetna.

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