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• oxycodone orders by pharmacies in crackdown 20 times average - USA TODAY
  

  oxycodone orders by pharmacies in crackdown 20 times averageUSA TODAYBy Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY Two Florida CVS pharmacies ordered more than 3 million oxycodone pills in 2011, more than 20 times higher than the national average, DEA agents said Monday.

• Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts deal - Reuters
  

  BloombergSkepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts dealReutersBy Diane Bartz | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Objections to Express Scripts' $29 billion plan to buy rival pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions are accumulating as US antitrust regulators weigh whether they have enough evidence to stop the .

• Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts deal - Reuters
  

  Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts dealReutersOmnicare and PharMerica are the top two companies in the long-term pharmacy services sector, and the FTC said the combination would harm competition and allow Omnicare to raise the price of drugs for the frailest of the elderly.

• DEA suspends Cardinal Health's Lakeland facility's license - USA TODAY
  

  USA TODAYDEA suspends Cardinal Health's Lakeland facility's licenseUSA TODAY.

• US HOT STOCKS: NCR, Coinstar, Anadarko Active In Late Trading - Wall Street Journal
  

  US HOT STOCKS: NCR, Coinstar, Anadarko Active In Late TradingWall Street JournalShares of pharmacy-benefit managers Express Scripts Inc.