Nationally, criticism of PBM practices intensified over the summer with the FTC report. The PCMA pushed back, saying the report "is based on anecdotes and comments from anonymous sources and self ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on September 27, 2024 unexpectedly withdrew from a recently established Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ...

The lawsuit followed a scathing FTC report in July that said the "dominant ... of Georgia's independent pharmacists and the need for PBM transparency." In his veto message, Kemp voiced support ...

From drug pricing to reforming the drug regulatory process, Trump’s re-election has plenty of implications for the pharma ...

This was days after Express Scripts started the legal volleying with a federal lawsuit against the FTC, which accused the agency of making false and misleading claims about the PBM industry in a ...

FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, with her fellow Democratic Commissioners, recently filed a suit against the leading PBMs in an effort to undermine, or even prohibit, their use of rebates to secure ...

By Andy Miller, KFF Health News. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities have drawn scrutiny from Congress, the Federal Trade Commission, and ...

Part 1 of this 3-part series for Global Biosimilars Week focuses on legal barriers to biosimilar access in the US, including the patent system, and discusses ongoing legislative efforts to address ...

As Cigna and Humana pick back up on the potential for a megamerger, executives will be keeping a close eye on the outcomes of ...

“I’m proud that the FTC launched a bipartisan investigation into these shadowy middlemen, and its preliminary findings prove yet again that it’s time to bust up the PBM monopoly.” Eisai ...

The lawsuit – which has been anticipated since the FTC published a damning report on the PBM sector in July – names CVS Health's Caremark, UnitedHealth Group's Optum, and Cigna's Express ...

Ohioans must recognize the threat that vertically-integrated insurance conglomerates pose to our health and pocketbooks.