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Record Profits Posted by PBM's, Drug Companies and Health Plans
May 2, 2010 by Jim Chamberlin
Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers, Health Insurers, Pharmaceutical Companies
Company Revenue Profit 52 week high/low
2008 2009 2008 2009Medco 51.2B 59.8B 1.1B 1.28B 66.94/37.93
ESI 21.8B 21.9B 600M 779M 99.95/42.75
Caremark 34.9B 47.8B 2.1B 2.5B 38.27/25.86
Aetna 27.6B 30.9B 1.8B 1.38B 34.90/21.55
Cigna 19.1B 18.4B 2.8B 1.30B 39.26/16.40
United Health
Group 81.9B 87.1B 6.3B 6.4B 36.07/19.85
Merck 23.8B 27.4B 7.8B 12.8B 41.56/31.25
Bristol Myers
Squibb 18.1B 20.6 B 2.1B 5.2B 26.62/18.83
Pfizer 48.3B 50.0B 8.1B 8.6B 20.36/12.75
ESI, Caremark, Aetna and Bristol Myers Squibb comparison is 2007 to 2008.
The 2009 financials were not available for these Companies
A partial list of over 85 companies who have utilized the The Quest Group/RxQuest programs as a procurement design support tool to better evaluate their pharmaceutical benefits plan. The results were all the same, better control and annual savings of 12% to 18% on their pharmacy spend.
