The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday.** Express Scripts Inc may close its $29 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc as soon as next week, the U.S. pharmacy benefit managers said.
Express Scripts, Inc. is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company in North America, offering a range of services to its clients, which include health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, workers? compensation plans and government health programs. Shares of ESRX traded higher by 1.28% or $0.68/share to $53.89. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $34.47 and as high as $60.89. On average, 7763320 shares of ESRX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 32509944.
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