Pharmacist, 40-year community pharmacy veteran: Express Scripts-Medco merger would be a “tipping point in PBM market consolidation”

Dennis Wiesner, senior director of privacy, pharmacy and government affairs for National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) member H-E-B (San Antonio, Texas), testified before a House panel today about the negative effects – ultimately on consumers – if the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) Express Scripts and Medco were approved. The Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet held a hearing today titled “The Proposed Merger between Express Scripts and Medco.”

In a letter to House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) urged a Congressional hearing to review the proposed merger of Express Scripts and Medco.