This statistic shows the number of prescriptions in the United States in 2012, by top five pharmacy benefit companies. In that year, some 775 million prescriptions were sold by CVS/Caremark. Thus, CVS/Caremark was ranked second within the United States.
Number of prescriptions in the U.S. in 2012, by leading pharmacy benefit companies
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* Medco was acquired by Express Scripts in April 2012. Figure for Express Scripts/Medco is the sum of the individual script totals for each entity for the most recently reported 12 month period in 2012.
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