Medco Health Solutions

Medco Health Solutions was an in Health Care ( Pharmacy Benefit Management) business headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, listed on the S & P 500, ISIN US58405U1025. It employs more than 23,000 employees and is represented in all Western countries. Medco Health Solutions was founded in 2003. In 2009, the company achieved a turnover of 59.8 billion U.S. dollars, ranking 35 of the Fortune Global 500

April 8, 2008 Medco Health Solutions announced the acquisition of 100 % of the shares in order pharmacy mail order pharmacy in Europe Apotheek Venlo.

Since February 2010, the German online pharmacy shop-apotheke.com part of the Medco Group.

In June 2010, the Medco Celesio AG has with the joint venture Medco Celesio BV founded with its headquarters in Amsterdam, which is part of the two parent companies in equal parts. The joint venture combines the strengths of Medco and Celesio and focuses on innovative, cross-sector pharmaceutical services for patients with chronic or complex conditions.

On the German market Medco occurs below that of Europe Apotheek Venlo BV driven brand " shop-apotheke.com " on. This online pharmacy was founded by Cologne pharmacist Peter Weber in 2002 and incorporated in 2010.

In 2012 there was a merger of Medco by Express Scripts Holding Co., completed in August 2012.