Crestor Discounting Keeps Allergan's Generic Off UnitedHealth Formulary
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
UnitedHealth will drop AstraZeneca's brand from coverage after competition drives down price of generic rosuvastatin.
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