Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX), the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States, is up in early trading despite missing the consensus estimate for first quarter earnings due to increased prescription volume and much higher revenue than expected. Revenue for the first quarter of 2012 increased 9.4 percent to total $12.1 billion, greatly surpassing analyst expectations of $11.5 billion in sales. The revenue growth was on the back of increased prescription shipments to...
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