美国是世界上最大的药品市场;2010年美国在处方药上的花费达到3070亿美元。
PBMs are the middlemen that manage drug costs for employers and insurers. Together,Express Scripts and Medco will control more than 40% of the market.
药品福利管理是是平衡雇主和保险公司之间医药费用的中间人,快捷药方公司与美可保健一起将能控制40%以上的药品市场份额。
Express Scripts announced the acquisition in July 2011. Medco was a good company thathad had a bad year, and so looked cheap.
快捷药方公司曾宣布在2011年7月完成收购工作,美可保健去年情况不佳,看起来有点贬值,但美可保健是一个业绩不错的公司。
It had lost about 30% of its business in a few months as some of its largest clients ended theircontracts.
由于一些大客户终止了合同,美可保健几个月内就损失了30%的生意。
For both firms, bigger ought to mean better.
对两家公司来说,扩大经营必须意味着良好的收益。
With scale would come the power to negotiate fatter discounts on drugs, lowering costs foremployers and insurers.
大规模将在药品折扣问题的商讨上占有更大的优势,并降低雇佣者和保险公司的成本。
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