CVS Health Corp. is set to win U.S. antitrust approval to buy Aetna Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter, clearing the way to form a health-care giant that will have a hand in insurance, prescription-drug benefits and drugstores across the U.S.
The Justice Department’s antitrust division will sign off on a settlement resolving the government’s investigation of the $68 billion takeover as soon as Wednesday, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the decision.
A spokesman for the Justice Department declined to comment. A CVS spokesman declined to comment, though the company has previously ...
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