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CVS Health makes senior appointments

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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has named Amy Bricker to become chief product officer, consumer, and David Joyner, a previous company exec, to head pharmacy services, Bloomberg reported.

Bricker was previously president of Cigna’s pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts. Joyner was previously EVP, sales and marketing, at CVS before retiring. Joyner is taking over from Alan Lotvin, who is retiring. Joyner starts on Jan. 30, with Bricker following in February, according to Bloomberg.

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