UnitedHealth Chooses Pfizer’s Lipitor Over Generic Versions
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. will charge a lower co-pay for Pfizer Inc.’s cholesterol pill Lipitor than it does for generic copies for the next six months, taking advantage of a price reduction from the drugmaker.
UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer by sales, will pass on to customers savings it will receive when Pfizer reduces the price of the drug after Lipitor loses patent protection, Tyler Mason, a spokesman for Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth, said in an e-mail.