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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 ...
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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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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.
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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 ...
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 ...
US FTC finds major pharmacy benefit managers inflated drug prices for $7.3 billion gain
The nation's three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain medicines, including ...
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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 ...
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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 ...