Prime Therapeutics Announces Eric Elliott as President and CEO

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Prime Therapeutics (Prime) announced today that Eric Elliott has been named as President and Chief Executive Officer of the organization. Elliott comes from serving as president of CIGNA Pharmacy Management (CPM), and has a career spanning more than two decades of senior leadership experience in the health care industry. In addition to CIGNA Corporation, he has held senior level positions at Aetna, PCS HealthSystems and Rite Aid Corporation.

"We are very pleased that Eric will be leading the Prime team at this important time in health care," said Tim Crilly, Chairman of the Prime Board. "His experience and insights into consumers' needs and his innovative business leadership will help assure that Prime is well positioned to meet the needs of our clients and customers." Elliott will be joining Prime in April.

Elliott received his bachelor's degree in management and finance, and an MBA with a focus in accounting and marketing from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Prime Therapeutics LLC is a pharmacy benefit management company dedicated to providing innovative, clinically based, cost-effective pharmacy solutions for clients and members. Providing pharmacy benefit services nationwide to approximately 14.7 million covered lives, its client base includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, employer and union groups, and third-party administrators. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, Prime Therapeutics is collectively owned by 11 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, subsidiaries or affiliates of those Plans. Learn more at www.primetherapeutics.com

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