St. Louis County Executive Supports Express Scripts Proposed High-Volume Fulfillment Center
Contact: Nancy Schnoebelen
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
314.615.7617, nschnoebelen@slcec.com
St. Louis, MO, August 25, 2009 -- St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley will request legislation for Express Scripts' possible new high-volume fulfillment center from the St. Louis County Council at tonight's meeting. The request will be made to help support the state proposal offered to Express Scripts for its proposed state-of-the-art facility.
One of the nation's largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBM), the proposed Express Scripts expansion would be located at NorthPark, near its headquarters. This would be the company's third new building since relocating its headquarters to the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2007.
The facility would house cutting-edge prescription filling machines. Upon completion, the distribution center would be estimated to create nearly 270 high-paying jobs.
"Express Scripts is a great company, and we have a strong partnership. The project would be a boost for the NorthPark development and St. Louis County," said St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley. "Express Scripts potential expansion in St. Louis County is a testament to our excellent quality of life and thriving business environment. The County stands to generate well-paying jobs and add substantial investment to our tax base," Dooley added.
"St. Louis County and the St. Louis County Economic Council have been great partners in representing St. Louis and helping the region compete for this opportunity," said Michael Holmes, Express Scripts executive vice president of strategy, human capital and emerging markets. "We are continuing to explore options for expansion, to ensure our capacity for improving health outcomes and reducing costs for our clients and the tens of millions of patients we serve."
About Express Scripts, Inc.
Express Scripts, Inc. is one of the largest PBM companies in North America, providing PBM services to thousands of client groups, including managed-care organizations, insurance carriers, employers, third-party administrators, public sector, workers' compensation, and union-sponsored benefit plans.
Express Scripts provides integrated PBM services, including network-pharmacy claims processing, home delivery services, benefit-design consultation, drug-utilization review, formulary management, and medical- and drug-data analysis services. The Company also distributes a full range of biopharmaceutical products directly to patients or their physicians, and provides extensive cost-management and patient-care services.
Express Scripts is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. More information can be found at http://www.express-scripts.com, which includes expanded investor information and resources. More information on the Center for Cost-Effective Consumerism can be found at http://www.consumerology.org.
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