Insulin, Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Pharmacy benefit managers respond to FTC's lawsuit over insulin drug prices
CNBC's Eamon Javers joins 'The Exchange' to report the latest on the FTC's lawsuit against drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices.
FTC Sues Pharmacy Middlemen For Allegedly Inflating Insulin Prices
Months earlier, the agency released a report alleging the companies drove up the costs of some medications, including insulin.
Express Scripts sues FTC over report about pharmacy benefit managers
Cigna's Express Scripts filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a federal report that places the blame for rising drug prices on pharmacy benefit managers, describing it as "seventy-four pages of unsupported innuendo" and calling for a retraction.
High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers
Three companies that process about 80% of prescriptions in the United States — Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx — have engaged in anticompetitive practices that spur price increases, the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday.
FTC sues major pharmacy benefit managers over insulin prices
The agency brought action against Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx on Friday, arguing their “anticompetitive and unfair” rebating practices “artificially inflated” the list price of life-saving insulin drugs.
Express Scripts sues FTC over a ‘biased’ report about pharmacy benefit managers
Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., filed a lawsuit demanding that a recent FTC report on industry middlemen be vacated.
Explainer: Why are US pharmacy benefit managers under fire?
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it was suing the country's three largest pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of abusing their power and rigging the pharmaceutical supply chain to artificially inflate the cost of insulin.
US Federal Trade Commission Sues CVS Health, Cigna, UnitedHealth's Pharmacy Benefit Managers For Inflating Insulin Prices
On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a formal complaint against three major pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—CVS Health Inc’s (NYSE:CVS) Caremark, Cigna Corp’s (NYSE:CI) Express Scripts,
Express Scripts sues FTC over report blasting pharmacy middlemen
Express Scripts, one of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tuesday and ...
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Express Scripts sues FTC over report blaming pharmacy middlemen for high drug costs
At issue is a report released by the FTC in July called: “Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug ...
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Express Scripts sues FTC over report damning pharmacy benefit managers
Cigna is following through on promises to more aggressively defend its pharmacy benefit manager ... The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order the FTC to withdraw the report, and recuse FTC ...
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STAT+: Express Scripts sues FTC over a 'biased' report about pharmacy benefit managers
Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., filed a lawsuit ... The lawsuit also alleged the FTC “followed prejudice and politics, not evidence or sound ...