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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Who will be the winner ?

Profit From Walgreen-CVS Dispute

WALGREEN CO. ANNOUNCED on Monday that it would no longer participate in CVS Caremark's prescription benefit network plan, setting off a dispute that has hurt both stocks.

Each company stands to lose business if customers in CVS Caremark's (ticker: CVS) prescription benefit network can no longer get drugs from Walgreen (ticker: WAG).

Still, we think CVS Caremark has more to lose in this dust-up.

According to Morningstar, only about 15% of CVS Caremark's pharmacy network customers fill prescriptions at CVS drugstores, leaving the company reliant on other ...

source:Barron's

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