Walgreens' 90-day Rx plan trims drug costs, study asserts

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Employers and other pharmacy benefit plan sponsors that use Walgreen Co.'s 90-day retail prescription option for their members are cutting their overall prescription drug costs by 2 percent per year, a new study asserts.

The study, which Hewitt Associates conducted earlier this year, tracked prescription drug costs at many of the 26,000 pharmacies nationwide that participate in WaIgreens' Advantage90 program. Its results, announced June 5, bolster Walgreens' efforts to market the 90-day refill option as a viable alternative to the long-term mail order drug plans that most...