Bloomberg Law
Oct. 10, 2018, 1:16 PM UTC

CVS-Aetna Is Said to Win Antitrust Approval as Soon as Wednesday

David McLaughlin
David McLaughlin
Bloomberg News
Robert Langreth
Robert Langreth
Bloomberg News

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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