Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) will assume full ownership and operational control of a pan-European healthcare venture launched in 2010 in collaboration with Celesio AG - advancing its ability to deliver innovative healthcare solutions focused on patients with chronic and complex conditions and helping to ease the growing cost burden on payors.
Celesio earlier today announced its agreement to sell its 50 percent interest in the joint venture to Medco. The transition to the new organizational structure, which is effective September 30th, is designed to be seamless to their clients. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
"Our start-up year has confirmed both the need and the potential to develop and deliver new healthcare solutions with the goal of improving patient health and relieving the financial burden on payors across Europe," said Brian Griffin, who leads Medco's international organization, which is headquartered in the Netherlands. "In acquiring full interest in the venture, we will sharpen our focus, expand our service offerings and speed our solutions to the market."
In support of the organization, Medco's European-based mail order pharmacy, Europa Apotheek Venlo, will become a part of Medco's international business.
Medco's international organization offers its clients innovative, integrated clinical services that are designed to improve patient adherence, integrate care across multiple providers, enhance safety and deliver greater value across the healthcare system.
At launch, the international business began offering a suite of services primarily focused on three areas: Advanced clinical solutions to identify and correct clinical issues and monitor healthcare programs for effectiveness; personalized care services addressing new "specialty" and "biotech" medicines, which are expensive, difficult to administer and often require special handling; and providing a modern and efficient delivery network with convenient mail-order pharmacies and complementary retail services, in-home nursing assistance and telephone counseling services.
"In our first year we realized that the requirement - and, commensurately, our opportunity -- is far greater than even we had anticipated. As a result, we are already moving on plans to customize an extended suite of Medco's advanced capabilities to meet the needs of our clients across Europe, accelerating our ability to offer a broader range of services," Griffin added
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