Formed in 2014, Walgreens Boots Alliance brought together two of the world’s most storied pharmaceutical retailers. Boots, a fixture on the high streets of the U.K., had previously merged with Swiss pharmaceutical supplier Alliance UniChem in 1997. In 2012 Walgreens purchased a 45 percent stake in the resulting firm, and in 2014 bought the remaing 55 percent. “We’ve only been a company for two and a half years,” said Anthony Roberts, CIO at Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Mr. Roberts was speaking with Robert....