Express Scripts' Break with Walgreens Opens Doors for Competitors

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefExpress Scripts is preparing to drop Walgreens from its pharmacy network at the end of the year, a move that could allow competing pharmacy benefit managers to steal away business by marketing access to the country's largest drugstore chain.Las Vegas-based pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) ScripNet, for example, issued a statement on Wednesday playing up the fact that it will continue providing access to Walgreens in its network. ScripNet Chief Executive Officer Dennis Spooner told WorkCompCentral he absolutely plans to use the company's contract with Wa...