Is Sale of Specialty Pharmacy Accelerator Shields in Walgreens’ Best Interests?

Less than two years after Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s purchase of Shields Health Solutions, the pharmacy giant is rumored to be seeking a sale of the health system-owned specialty pharmacy integrator, per a Jan. 23 Bloomberg article, which valued the company at around $4 billion. While returns from a sale could help the company shore up certain units, divesting itself of Shields at a time when specialty pharmacy continues to be a hot commodity may be a questionable approach, say industry experts.

A Walgreens spokesperson told AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that the company has no comment.

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Angela Maas

Angela Maas

Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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