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Catamaran offers a true alternative to the status quo in pharmacy benefit management. You don't have to choose between the scale and purchasing power of the largest providers and the flexibility and agility of smaller ones. We offer the best of both.

At Catamaran, we put your individual needs - and those of your members - at the center of our services. We connect pharmacists, doctors and caregivers with prescription data to improve health outcomes, offering the clinical intelligence, technology and scale to lower payer costs while improving member health.

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UnitedHealth to buy pharmacy benefit firm Catamaran for $12.8 billion

By Sneha Banerjee (Reuters) - Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc agreed to buy Catamaran Corp in a deal worth about $12.8 billion to boost its pharmacy benefit business as it competes with bigger rivals such as Express Scripts Holdings Co . Pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) administer drug benefits for employers and health plans and run large mail order pharmacies, helping them get better prices from drugmakers. As employers look to cut prescription costs on expensive drugs, the deal with Catamaran will give UnitedHealth's pharmacy benefits unit, OptumRx, the scale to negotiate favorable prices from pharmacy companies. U.S. drug prices rose 12 percent in 2014 due to a new treatment for hepatitis C that cost more than $80,000 but cured almost all recipients with few side effects. Another new class of drugs, to treat high cholesterol, is expected to hit the market in 2015 and has insurers worried about drug costs this year as well. The purchase of Catamaran will increase UnitedHealth's market share to 15 percent to 20 percent of the people who receive their drug benefits through pharmacy benefit managers, BMO Capital Markets analyst Jennifer Lynch said in a research note. With a combined 1 billion scripts annually, UnitedHealth will be about the same size as current industry number two, CVS Health Corp , she added. Catamaran was formed after SXC Health Solutions and PBM Catalyst Health Solutions merged in 2012. UnitedHealth's offer of $61.50 per share represents a premium of 27 percent to Catamaran's Friday close on the Nasdaq. Catamaran's stock was trading at $60.01 premarket on Monday, while UnitedHealth was up nearly 4 percent. The deal "makes sense to us, but admittedly came much earlier than we expected," Jefferies analyst Brian Tanquilut said in a research note. "We had always viewed Catamaran as a compelling asset for companies looking for scale in the PBM sector such as Optum or Walgreens but expected Catamaran to grow the business much further before pursuing a sale." He added that the offer seemed adequate and he did not expect competing bids at this point. The deal value is based on Illinois-based Catamaran's total diluted shares outstanding as of Dec. 31. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015 and add about 30 cents per share to UnitedHealth's profit in 2016, the companies said. Catamaran Chief Executive Officer Mark Thierer will be CEO of OptumRx and OptumRx CEO Timothy Wicks will become president. (Additional reporting by Caroline Humer in New York; Editing by Savio D'Souza, Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Meredith Mazzilli)

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UnitedHealth announced an agreement to acquire Catamaran for about $12.8 billion in cash, and is planning to merge the pharmacy benefit manager into its own, free-standing pharmacy benefits business, OptumRx. This deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015, after shareholder approval, regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.

This deal is expected to combine the strength of Catamaran’s 400 million prescriptions with OptumRx’s 600 million annual prescriptions to rival the larger players like CVS/Caremark and Express Scripts. The merger is also expected to combine Catamaran’s technology platform with the data and analytics capabilities of OptumRx.

This merger has certain similarities to the Express Scripts and Medco $29.1 billion merger in 2012. This deal created one company filling a combined 1.4 billion prescriptions per year, and Express Scripts used Medco’s technology platform as well. At the time of the deal, Express Scripts and Medco were the largest and third-largest pharmacy benefits managers, respectively. The deal was scrutinized for eight months by the FTC for potential antitrust implications after being approved. However, the effect for pharmacies was that Express Scripts and Medco maintained separate contracts and networks for at least 18 months post-merger.

For specialty and compounding pharmacies, this may mean that the combined PBM may push for decreased reimbursements and may seek to force more patients through mandatory, in-house mail order and specialty pharmacies. In addition, programs initiated and implemented by Catamaran may not carry forward to the merged entity.

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Unitedhealth to buy pharmacy benefit firm catamaran for $12.8 billion.

By Sneha Banerjee

(Reuters) - Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) agreed to buy Catamaran Corp (CTRX.O)(CCT.TO) in a deal worth about $12.8 billion to boost its pharmacy benefit business as it competes with bigger rivals such as Express Scripts Holdings Co (ESRX.O).

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) administer drug benefits for employers and health plans and run large mail order pharmacies, helping them get better prices from drugmakers.

As employers look to cut prescription costs on expensive drugs, the deal with Catamaran will give UnitedHealth's pharmacy benefits unit, OptumRx, the scale to negotiate favorable prices from pharmacy companies.

U.S. drug prices rose 12 percent in 2014 due to a new treatment for hepatitis C that cost more than $80,000 but cured almost all recipients with few side effects. Another new class of drugs, to treat high cholesterol, is expected to hit the market in 2015 and has insurers worried about drug costs this year as well.

The purchase of Catamaran will increase UnitedHealth's market share to 15 percent to 20 percent of the people who receive their drug benefits through pharmacy benefit managers, BMO Capital Markets analyst Jennifer Lynch said in a research note.

With a combined 1 billion scripts annually, UnitedHealth will be about the same size as current industry number two, CVS Health Corp (CVS.N), she added.

Catamaran was formed after SXC Health Solutions and PBM Catalyst Health Solutions merged in 2012.

UnitedHealth's offer of $61.50 per share represents a premium of 27 percent to Catamaran's Friday close on the Nasdaq.

Catamaran's stock was trading at $60.01 premarket on Monday, while UnitedHealth was up nearly 4 percent.

The deal "makes sense to us, but admittedly came much earlier than we expected," Jefferies analyst Brian Tanquilut said in a research note.

"We had always viewed Catamaran as a compelling asset for companies looking for scale in the PBM sector such as Optum or Walgreens but expected Catamaran to grow the business much further before pursuing a sale."

He added that the offer seemed adequate and he did not expect competing bids at this point.

The deal value is based on Illinois-based Catamaran's total diluted shares outstanding as of Dec. 31.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015 and add about 30 cents per share to UnitedHealth's profit in 2016, the companies said.

Catamaran Chief Executive Officer Mark Thierer will be CEO of OptumRx and OptumRx CEO Timothy Wicks will become president.

(Additional reporting by Caroline Humer in New York; Editing by Savio D'Souza, Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Meredith Mazzilli)

SXC Health Solutions Unveils a New Name Following Merger: Catamaran

Following the recent completion of its merger with Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc, SXC Health Solutions Corp unveiled a new name and brand for the company: Catamaran.

Following the recent completion of its merger with Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc, SXC Health Solutions Corp unveiled a new name and brand for the company, as well as formally announced its leadership team. The new name, Catamaran, reflects the union of two of the industry's fastest-growing pharmacy benefits management companies to create the fourth largest PBM in the United States by prescription volume.

Beginning tomorrow, the company's shares will be traded under the ticker CTRX on the NASDAQ and as CCT on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The company selected the name Catamaran to reflect its nimble, flexible approach to helping clients navigate today's turbulent healthcare environment to contain costs and enhance the well-being of its members. Catamaran's clients include the broadest, most diverse base of any PBM, comprising large employers, health plans, government entities, unions, workers' compensation, TPAs, long term care, hospice and PBMs.

"Catamaran is the most viable alternative for organizations who are struggling to solve the healthcare cost challenge, and we're eager to put our enhanced resources to work for them," said

Mark Thierer

, Chairman and CEO of Catamaran. "We have the skill and scale to deliver compelling financial results and the clinical intelligence to deliver sustainable improvements in the health of members."

The new Catamaran has substantial resources to apply to the market's challenges. The merged company will have estimated annual revenues of

$13 billion

, placing it among the top 250 companies in the United States and among the top 15 companies in the Chicagoland area, where it is headquartered. Catamaran will serve approximately 25 million members and will have an annual volume of more than 200 million adjusted pharmacy benefits management prescriptions.

Catamaran also formally announced its new leadership team, which leverages talents from both SXC and Catalyst.

will lead the firm as chairman and CEO, and

will serve as executive vice president and CFO. Former Catalyst president and chief operating officer

will serve as executive vice president, market segments. In addition, former Catalyst board member

Steven B. Epstein

will join the new Catamaran board.

David Blair

, former chairman and CEO of Catalyst, has committed to provide ongoing support to the combined company to ensure a seamless and successful integration.

Catamaran is headquartered in

Lisle, Illinois

, with multiple locations in

the United States

About Catamar an

Catamaran, the industry's fastest-growing pharmacy benefits manager, helps organizations and the communities they serve take control of prescription drug costs. Managing more than 200 million prescriptions each year on behalf of 25 million members, our flexible, holistic solutions improve patient care and empower individuals to take charge of their health. Processing one in every five prescription claims in the U.S., Catamaran's skill and scale deliver compelling financial results and sustainable improvement in the overall health of members. Catamaran is headquartered in

Lisle, Ill.

with multiple locations in the U.S. and

. For more information, please visit www.catamaranRx.com .

SOURCE: SXC Health Solutions Corp .

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