Cost Plus Drug Co. owner Mark Cuban

Cost Plus Drug Co., founded by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban in an attempt to lower prescription drug costs, has reached an agreement with its first national health system partner.

Community Health Systems (CHS), based in Franklin, Tenn., initially will purchase certain hard-to-source pharmaceuticals, such as epinephrine and norepinephrine, for its affiliate hospitals in Texas and Pennsylvania. CHS is one of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chains, with more than 70 acute care hospitals and a large network of outpatient care sites across 15 states.

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