By Allison Prang 
 

Anthem Inc. (ANTM) said it is ending its pharmacy-benefits management agreement with Express Scripts Inc. before the end of this year because Express Scripts was recently bought by Cigna Corp. (CI).

Anthem said Wednesday the agreement will end March 1. The company has informed Express Scripts it will end the agreement.

The agreement was supposed to expire at the end of 2019.

Anthem said the transition period for that business, which will take a year, will start the day after the agreement ends.

 

Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

January 30, 2019 06:51 ET (11:51 GMT)

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