If you have trouble affording prescription drugs, some independent pharmacists say that so-called pharmacy middlemen are ...

The Federal Trade Commission on Friday sued prescription-drug middlemen owned by CVS Health ... inflated insulin list prices, ...

The drug middlemen say they’re a necessary counterweight to the unchecked power of pharmaceutical companies to set prices. The insulin market is dominated by three manufacturers: Eli Lilly & Co., ...

endangering patients,” said the FTC's Chair, Lina Khan. “Our inquiry requests information on the factors driving these shortages and scrutinises the practices of opaque drug middlemen.” ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under Chair Lina Khan took an aggressive approach to tackling anticompetitive behavior in ...

CVS Health, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group are demanding that FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan and two other commissioners recuse themselves from a lawsuit accusing the company and other drug middlemen of ...

Elizabeth Warren seeks scrutiny of deals that would allow drug middlemen McKesson, Cardinal Health, and Cencora to also ...

No matter what happens in this election, the government should work for the people. The government may not be perfect, but it ...

NEW YORK, July 10 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) criticised pharmacy benefit managers in a 71-page report on Tuesday, stating that "these powerful middlemen may be profiting ...

In June of 2022, the FTC launched an inquiry into the prescription drug middleman industry, scrutinizing the impact of PBMs on drug accessibility and affordability. The agency compelled the six ...

PBMs serve as middlemen, negotiating the ... The FTC’s Changing Views on PBMs A 2005 FTC report found that PBM negotiations lower average drug prices and insurance premiums.

An FTC official said the case argues that PBMs ... a report refuting arguments that the industry raises costs. The drug middlemen say they’re a necessary counterweight to the unchecked ...