Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
CVS Caremark, OptumRx and St. Louis-based Express Scripts — are part of huge health conglomerates that also own insurers, ...
FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars
Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in ...
Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from ‘excess’ ...
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'Raking in billions': Report shows drug middlemen jack up prices by nearly 8,000%
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday published the second part of its investigation into how prescription drug ...
City of Columbus sues drug companies, pharmacy middlemen that artificially raised insulin prices
The City of Columbus filed a lawsuit against several drug companies that artificially raised prices on insulin prices for ...
Columbus joins national fight accusing drug manufacturers of inflating insulin prices
According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 8.4 million people in the United States need insulin to survive ...
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FTC releases second report slamming pharmacy benefit managers
Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes similar allegations against the ...
FTC takes fresh swipe at drug middlemen, says some prices marked up over 1,000%
The Federal Trade Commission said in its second interim staff report on prescription-drug middlemen that the "significant markups" in prices above what the drugs cost generated an extra $7.3 billion ...
UnitedHealth fights back: Blame drugmakers for high costs, not the 'middlemen.'
On the post-earnings call with analysts, Chief Executive Andrew Witty addressed the recent public backlash over high drug costs and transparency of coverage, particularly following killing of Brian ...
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Healthcare Leaders Support FTC’s Second Report on PBMs, While PBMs Criticize Findings
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its second interim staff report on prescription drug middlemen. The report ...
Pharma middlemen marked up $7.3B
The Federal Trade Commission accuses CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth of artificially inflating prices on specialty generic drugs ...
PBMs made billions marking up specialty drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday released its second interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), saying ...