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Express Scripts Brings 300 Jobs to St. Louis County
ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), June 6, 2010 - Express Scripts, Inc. has officially opened its new Technology & Innovation Center, a high-tech facility near its world headquarters campus that brings 300 jobs to the St. Louis region.

The 224,000-square-foot facility features industry-leading technology for accuracy, patient safety and driving down the cost of healthcare.

"The Express Scripts Technology & Innovation Center advances our long-standing commitment to make the use of prescription drugs safer and more affordable," said George Paz, chairman and chief executive officer of Express Scripts. "Our Home Delivery pharmacy technology is second to none, enabling us to virtually eliminate dangerous errors, drive down unnecessary costs, and improve safety, service and therapy adherence."

Gov. Jay Nixon and other state, federal, and local government officials are to attend the opening ceremony and tour the pharmacy and Service Central area.

"It was important to locate the Center -- so central to our mission at Express Scripts -- very close to our world headquarters campus," Paz said. "Today's celebration is the culmination of much planning and hard work, accomplished with the support of the elected officials and contractors who are here today."

The new Home Delivery pharmacy at the Center is the most advanced in the Express Scripts Home Delivery system, which has an accuracy rate greater than 99.99%. That compares to 98.3% accuracy at ordinary retail pharmacies. "The difference may seem small, but it means that our three Home Delivery pharmacies nationwide eliminate 2 million drug errors each year as a result of our improved accuracy versus retail," Paz noted.

He added that the patient and client advocates in the Service Central area of the facility offer best-in-class service day and night, handling patient-service calls and making outbound calls related to new Home Delivery prescriptions, refills, benefits and more.

Service Central also includes a pilot pharmacy that will test innovative ideas to provide continuous improvement in Home Delivery and keep it best in class. "The pilot pharmacy focuses on improvements in patient safety, service consistency and lowering costs per prescription," Paz said. "It drives the evolution of the pharmacy of the future."

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award Winners
ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), June 6, 2010 - Ernst & Young LLP has announced the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the Central Midwest Region. This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders. The winners were revealed at a gala event on Wednesday, June 2 in Overland Park, Kansas.

"These Entrepreneur Of The Year award winners are best in class, and we are proud to honor their outstanding success."

"Ernst & Young believes in the power of entrepreneurship," said Randy Buseman, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director for Central Midwest. "These Entrepreneur Of The Year award winners are best in class, and we are proud to honor their outstanding success."

The Central Midwest program recognizes companies based in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. The Central Midwest winners for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2010 are:

Lifetime Achievement - William Knapp, Jr., Knapp Properties, (Des Moines, IA)
Technology - Keith Molzer, Balance Innovations (Lenexa, KS)
Financial Services - Joe Ratterman, BATS Global Markets (Lenexa, KS)
Consumer Products - Russ Hornsby, Cepia LLC (Clayton, MO)
Master - Pack St. Clair, Cobalt Boats (Neodesha, KS)
Retail - Matthew E. Rubel, Collective Brands, Inc.(Topeka, KS)
Agricultural - John Bloomhall, Diamond V Mills, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Energy/Chemicals - Jerry Jost, Jost Chemical Co. (Saint Louis, MO)
Bioscience - Thad W. Simons, Jr., Novus International, Inc. (Saint Charles, MO)
Transportation - Rick Webb, Watco Companies, Inc. (Pittsburg, KS)
Manufacturing - Mike Wells, Wells' Dairy, Inc. (Le Mars, IA)

The Entrepreneur Of The Year® program honors entrepreneurs regionally in June, leading up to the national awards in November. Additionally, venture-backed companies that win an Entrepreneur Of The Year® award regionally are also eligible for the Venture Capital Award of Excellence on a national level. The overall national US winner then moves on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year title in June.

This year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 24th anniversary. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Entrepreneurs are nominated and evaluated by those in each region, including local business, academic and community leaders.

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