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Centene to buy specialty pharmacy AcariaHealth

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Medicaid coverage provider Centene Corp. has agreed to buy specialty pharmacy AcariaHealth for $152 million in a deal designed to help its pharmacy benefits management business.

Centene, based in St. Louis, said Monday the acquisition will give its pharmacy benefits manager, US Script, a sister company that expands specialized pharmacy benefit services for complex diseases like hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and cancer.

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