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" prescription price hikes of 1,000% or more.
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 the major industry middlemen generate billions in revenue through
FTC accuses big PBMs' pharmacies of collecting $5.9B in specialty drug markups
Margin expansion at Express Scripts, Caremark and Optum Rx increased by $336 million between 2017 and 2021, officials say.
Big 3 PBMs reaped $7.3B from generic specialty drug markups: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to release additional findings from its yearslong probe into CVS Caremark, OptumRx and Express Scripts.
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 revenue from marking up the prices of dozens of specialty generic drugs between 2017 and 2022,
FTC says Optum, other prescription benefit managers inflate cancer drug prices 1,000%
Prescription benefit managers have been under growing scrutiny from state and federal regulators who have accused them of creating pharmacy deserts by steering consumers to their own pharmacies and driving independent pharmacists out of business.
Pharmacy Benefits Managers Netted Extra $7.3B by Inflating Drug Prices: FTC
A report published Tuesday shows hundreds and thousands of percent markups on HIV, hypertension and cancer drugs for Medicare and commercial claims alike.
FTC says ‘Big 3 PBMs’ marked up generic drugs by thousands of percent
The Federal Trade Commission published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, which it says focuses on
PBMs made more than $7B marking up specialty generics: FTC
The three biggest pharmacy benefit managers made more than $7.3 billion over five years marking up the prices of specialty generic drugs for cancer and other conditions.
FTC finds top 3 PBMs inflated drug prices by $7.3B
The three PBMs inflated the drug prices dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds and thousands of percent passing costs onto patients, employers and healthcare plans, according to a Jan. 14 news release from the agency.
FTC finds PBMs excessively marked up prices on specialty drugs
A new report issued by the Federal Trade Commission has found that prescription benefit manager units owned by CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Cigna (CI) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH) significantly marked up prices for many specialty generic drugs over a six-year period.
FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 ...
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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 ...
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The accused killer of Brian Thompson cited the industry’s failures as his motive for assassinating the UnitedHealth executive ...
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Synders Pharmacy in Oregon closes drive-thru, says it can’t afford staffing
Snyders Pharmacy, located in Oregon’s Ace Hardware, announced it has suspended operation of its drive-thru due to lack of ...