PlanetRx.com

1999-10-14 · press release

PlanetRx.com and Express Scripts completed e-commerce pharmacy acquisition

PlanetRx.com and Express Scripts announced that PlanetRx completed the acquisition of Express Scripts' e-commerce pharmacy, making PlanetRx the exclusive online pharmacy for Express Scripts' 36 million members. The release described co-promotion, online prescription benefit access, order fulfillment, and PlanetRx's then-current VIPPS status.

Archive note

This is public-company archival material filed as an SEC exhibit. PlanetRx.com republishes it here for historical and link-recovery context; it does not describe the current PlanetRx product.

Primary source: SEC EDGAR exhibit 99.1

Key historical points

  • PlanetRx became the exclusive online pharmacy for Express Scripts plan members under the 1999 transaction.
  • Qualified Express Scripts members could use pharmacy benefits and customary co-payments through PlanetRx.
  • The filing described PlanetRx as an Internet healthcare destination for commerce, content, and community.

Legacy URL recovery

These old PlanetRx URLs should route here or to closely related archive pages:

  • /information/presskit/19991014_express_scripts.html