Walgreens Buys Pharmacies from Detroit Medical Center

Walgreens Buys Pharmacies from Detroit Medical Center

 The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) sold off its retail and outpatient pharmacy business to Walgreens, a unit of Walgreens Boots Alliance (NYSE: WBA), for an undisclosed amount, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. The deal includes seven specialty pharmacy sites and one mail-order service business. The DMC made the move as part of a pharmacy reorganization, a process that has resulted in layoffs or reassignments of some two dozen employees. The hospital is part of Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC), which has been in the process of selling non-core hospitals and reorganizing to pare down debt. Walgreens will operate branded specialty pharmacy outlets at some of DMC’s six... Read More »