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Walgreens Names Alan E. London, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Take Care Health Systems Consumer Solutions Group
DEERFIELD, Ill., June 06, 2012 - Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) has named Alan E. London, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Take Care Health Systems Consumer Solutions Group. In this position, Dr. London will have leadership responsibility in building and maintaining external physician and health system relationships for Take Care Clinics while also providing strategic direction and leadership for the group’s service expansion, quality, clinical education and training, and collaborative practice agreement functions. Dr. London joined Walgreens on May 21.
“We are thrilled to appoint Dr. London as Chief Medical Officer of the Consumer Solutions Group,” said Jeffrey Kang, MD, Walgreens senior vice president of pharmacy, health and wellness services and solutions. “We are confident his team-based, collaborative approach to health care and his diverse clinical and business background will prove him a valuable asset to Walgreens and Take Care Health. We look forward to his leadership as we diversify our service offerings, expand connections with managed care providers and continue to develop affordable and convenient ways of helping patients stay well.”
Dr. London is a family physician with more than three decades of experience in patient care delivery, healthcare strategy and business development. He has worked within the managed care contracting and risk management fields, while also spending extensive time in the hospital and healthcare system setting, serving at the Cleveland Clinic for 12 years.
Most recently, Dr. London was the President of the London Group International, a firm providing innovative healthcare solutions for health systems, insurers, governments, physicians and the investment community. He is a co-founder of two health care companies, Clinically Home, LLC and MX.com.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2011 sales of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to become America’s first choice for health and daily living. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. The company operates 7,855 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.