Express Scripts' Lipitor Move Shows Pressure on Pfizer

January 27, 2012, 8:48 am by Wall Street Journal

Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts will soon make an adjustment that raises out-of-pocket costs for some customers filling prescriptions of Pfizer's cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, underscoring the drug maker's challenge of keeping sales high in the face of generic competition.

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