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Walgreen said in June that it would stop filling prescriptions for Express Scripts, a PBM, at the end of 2011, when a contract between the two companies ran out. The companies were unable to agree on how much money Express Scripts should pay Walgreen to fill prescriptions. The dispute has taken a chunk out of Walgreen's sales, but the Deerfield, Ill., company said it would prefer to lose that business rather than fill unprofitable prescriptions. Walgreen said Friday that January revenue from stores open at least a year fell 4.6 percent, as the Express Scripts split and a weak flu season hurt business. CVS Caremark opened 24 drugstores in the fourth quarter and closed one. It operated 7,327 as of Dec. 31.
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