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CVS Health to split into two companies amid industry pressures

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CVS Health is undergoing a significant corporate restructuring, planning to divide into two distinct companies. One entity will encompass its retail pharmacy operations, including over 9,000 CVS Pharmacy locations, while the other will house its health insurance and pharmacy benefit management businesses, notably Aetna. This strategic move is a response to mounting regulatory, economic, and consumer pressures that are challenging the traditional model of vertically integrated healthcare giants. AI

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Forrester, Contributor ·

    CVS Health’s Split Signals A Turning Point For Healthcare Megabrands

    CVS Health’s split highlights regulatory, economic, and consumer pressures reshaping healthcare megabrands and the future of vertically integrated care.

  2. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor ·

    CVS Health To Split Into Two Companies As Pressure Mounts On Vertical Integration

    CVS Health will split into two companies, putting its more than 9,000 drugstores under one business and its Aetna health insurance and pharmacy benefit operations into another.

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