PBMs Under Fire Again, But Despite Bipartisan Pressure Reforms May Be Elusive
As Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ends her tenure this week the FTC posted a second report in six months ...
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UnitedHealth marked up lifesaving drugs as much as 1,000%: FTC
Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their ...
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Arkansas Advocate: Arkansas lawmakers seek to ban prescription drug middlemen from owning pharmacies in the state
A proposed Arkansas law would forbid pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from holding or acquiring interest in retail pharmacy ...
Several Setbacks Dragged CVS Health Corp. (CVS) in Q4
Patient Capital Management, a value investing firm, released its “Patient Capital Opportunity Equity Strategy” fourth quarter ...
New study: Over-the-counter medications more effective than opioids after wisdom teeth removal
A study concluded that the use of over-the-counter pain relievers is more effective than opioids for pain management after ...
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FTC: Big 3 PBMs generated $7.3B from specialty generic drug markups
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically mark up specialty generic drugs to affiliated pharmacies, the Federal ...
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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, ...
This former Walgreens is now a grocery store. Here’s why most closed S.F. drugstores remain empty
In October, the long-blighted northwest corner of San Francisco’s Cesar Chavez and Mission streets got a new lease on life: what had been a shuttered Walgreens was bright and buzzing with activity ...