Blue Shield Of California Push For Cheaper Biosimilars Could Disrupt Market
Blue Shield of Calif. is bypassing traditional pharmacy benefit managers to bring a Humira-referenced biosimilar, Idacio, to ...
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Pharmacy Benefit Manager math: Big chains paid $23.55 to fill a blood pressure Rx. Small drugstores paid $1.51
Pharmacy Benefit Managers are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities ...
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Post-election prescription: Why Trump’s return could disrupt pharma
From drug pricing to reforming the drug regulatory process, Trump’s re-election has plenty of implications for the pharma ...
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FTC report finds PBM power has “dire consequences”
Some PBMs not cooperating with the investigation The FTC started its probe into the sector in 2022, asking the top six players in the market – CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, OptumRx, Humana ...
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Justice Department antitrust division looking at health care conglomerates, pharmacy drug middlemen
Each of the big three — CVS, United Health and Cigna/Express Scripts — owns mail-order pharmacies and CVS ... Those actions ...
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Optum audit shows possible law violation, lower payments to independent pharmacies
The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi rates lower than chains and ...
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Commentary: Pharmacy benefit managers are a roadblock to affordable medications
But today, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the six largest PBMs — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, OptumRx, Humana, Prime Therapeutics and MedImpact — manage nearly 95% of all prescriptions ...
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Express Scripts Reviews
I'm a 65 year old with 52 years of diabetes type 1. On my HMO plan, I was lead to believe they use Express Scripts. My Endocrinologist writes a prescription on Oct 16th 2024, After my much ...
FTC's New 'Click To Cancel' Rule Is Here, But Will It Survive Judicial Challenge?
Businesses that haven't adjusted click-to-cancel procedures face legal consequences. Andrew Lustigman and Morgan Spina ...
Kroger agrees to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
One of the nation's largest grocery chains is the latest company to agree to settle lawsuits over the U.S. opioid crisis.
Dave says FTC action ‘another example of regulatory overreach’
As we disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2024, we have been cooperating with the FTC in response to a Civil Investigative Demand seeking ...