In a recent antitrust arbitration ruling, Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) owned by 19 Blue Cross and ...
The pressure against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) continues to build. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released ...
The FTC analyzed data for 51 specialty generic drugs dispensed from 2017-2022 for patients with commercial insurance or Medicare Part D plans managed by CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx.
FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging, PBMs, UnitedHealth OptumRx, CVS Caremark Rx, Express Scripts ...
Specifically, the FTC’s first report found Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx were prioritizing access to high-cost drugs in return for larger discounts from drugmakers and giving their own ...
The complaint, filed by Express Scripts owner Cigna against the FTC and Commissioner Lina Khan, is seeking the retraction of the report, which the company claims is "unfair, biased, erroneous ...
“In contrast, branded specialty products represent more than 50% of our clients’ total drug spend and are entirely ignored by the FTC.” Express Scripts, meanwhile, declared in a statement th ...
An arbitrator has determined Prime Therapeutics violated federal and state antitrust laws against the AIDS Healthcare ...
The 3 largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) increased many specialty generic drugs prices by hundreds of percent, with ...
Pharmacy benefit managers overcharged for specialty generic medications — in many cases by hundreds and thousands of percent ...
Bloomfield-based Cigna announced this week a new initiative that aims to reduce out-of-pocket prescription-drug costs and ...
As Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ends her tenure this week the FTC posted a second report in six months ...