EXHIBIT 99.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of CVS Corporation, (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 28, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David B. Rickard, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1)           The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)           The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of CVS Corporation.

March 18, 2003	/s/ David B. Rickard
	David B. Rickard
	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

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