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.
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,
US FTC Finds Major Pharmacy Benefit Managers Inflated Drug Prices for $7.3 Billion Gain
UnitedHealth Group's Optum, CVS Health's CVS Caremark and Cigna's Express Scripts -- marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 billion in revenue in excess of the acquisition costs of the drugs,
FTC takes fresh swipe at drug middlemen, says some prices marked up over 1,000%
The drug middlemen known as pharmacy-benefit managers took another body blow from regulators on Tuesday, as they were criticized for charging way more for some “critical” prescription drugs than it cost them.
FTC says pharmacy benefits managers marked-up generic drug prices for $7.3bn gain
Regulator’s report finds companies ‘hiked costs’ for a range of medicines, including cancer and HIV treatments
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
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 ...
The FTC Finds United Health’s OptumRX Is Engaged In Widespread Price Gouging
The Federal Trade Commision (FTC) found prescription benefits managers like UnitedHealth's OptumRX have gained $7.3B from ...
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FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging
FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging, PBMs, UnitedHealth OptumRx, CVS Caremark Rx, Express Scripts ...
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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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 ...
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Bill would prevent PBMs from dispensing drugs via retail, mail
A bill filed Thursday (Jan. 16) in the Arkansas Legislature would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and insurance companies ...
More Litigation Coming? Insulin MDL Gets Boost from FTC Report
In the report, the FTC said pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), charge significant markups for cancer, HIV, and other critical ...
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Troubling FTC probe reveals PBMs’ price-gouging tactics
Shocking revelations from a Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, investigation have exposed how three major prescription benefit managers, or PBMs, ...