# Professor Nicholas Economides discusses the implications of CVS and Aetna's merger

1 Faculty News October 11, 2018 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-10-11/cvs-looks-to-remake-healthcare-after-merger-approval-podcast) -- (1:19) "I wanted to note that the Department of Justice doesn't have any problem with this vertical merger but it did have a problem with AT&T - Time Warner merger so i don't quite understand how it can be consistent to intervene in one vertical merger and not intervene in others..."

[Listen here](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-10-11/cvs-looks-to-remake-healthcare-after-merger-approval-podcast)