By Robb M. Stewart

 

Inovalon's shares advanced Thursday after the company said it had agreed a long-term deal to provide its cloud-based platform to Walmart Inc.'s specialty pharmacy business.

In morning trading, shares were up 12% to $22.41, and are now 18% higher year-to-date.

The company said its Inovalon ONE platform will help in the coordination of specialty medication dispensing from Walmart's business, and be available across the retailer's network of thousands of retail pharmacies. The platform would help decrease prescription time-to-fill and lower costs-to-fill, it said.

 

Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 23, 2020 10:15 ET (14:15 GMT)

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