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Joanne Wojcik

Walgreen combines pharmacy, health, wellness units

March 1, 2010 - 2:45pm


DEERFIELD, Ill.—Walgreen Co. is restructuring its health care division sales force to provide employers, managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit managers and governmental clients one-stop shopping, the company said Monday.

Under the realignment, Walgreen’s health services division, which includes its pharmacy benefit manager services, specialty pharmacy services, medical campus pharmacies, long-term care pharmacy and home care services, will be combined with its pharmacy services division, which encompasses its retail operations.

The product offerings of the two divisions now will be made available through a single sales force operating as the pharmacy, health and wellness solutions division, which includes worksite and retail clinic operations.

The Deerfield, Ill.-based company also said Stanley B. Blaylock, Walgreen’s senior vp and president of Walgreens Health Services, has decided to leave the company in April after a transition period.

Mr. Blaylock was a co-founder and CEO of Medmark Specialty Pharmacy Solutions before Walgreen acquired it in 2006. He plans to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities in the health care field, the company said in a statement.

 



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