CVS Corp.

M2 Presswire, October, 2006

M2 PRESSWIRE-10 October 2006-bellwetherreport.com: CVS Corp.(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10102006 The Bellwether Report Takes Notice of CVS Corp. (Nyse:CVS) CVS interprets the scrawl of more US doctors than anyone. The firm fills more prescriptions at more drugstores than any other pharmacy chain, although it trails rival Walgreen in total sales.

Following its acquisition of Eckerd in 2004 and 700 stores from Albertsons in 2006, CVS operates some 6,200 stores in nearly 45 states. Subsidiary PharmaCare offers managed-care drug programs. CVS went online when it bought Soma.com (renamed CVS.com). Some 50 PharmaCare specialty pharmacy stores serve patients with long-term conditions requiring complex drug therapies. CVS is the survivor of Melville,...