Three companies that process about 80% of prescriptions in the United States — Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx — have ...
Recent developments in health include EU approval of Novo's Wegovy for obesity-related heart conditions, the US FDA's nod for ...
In January, a new Idaho law will take effect requiring reform of business practices by pharmacy middlemen — in search of tamping down prescription drug costs. The new law targets pharmacy benefit ...
The Federal Trade Commission said pharmacy benefit managers created a "perverse drug rebate system" that artificially ...
In a lawsuit, the FTC accused Optum Rx, Caremark and Express Scripts of creating "a broken rebate system that inflated ...
One complicating factor is manufacturer rebates, which are discounts on prescription list prices provided by drug manufacturers to pharmacy benefit managers, which in turn may share some or all of ...
Instead of tackling the root causes, these price-setting boards could exacerbate the dominance of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) owned pharmacies at the expense of community pharmacies.
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However, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff has issued a report that focuses on those income claims made by 70 MLM companies. In the report, the FTC staff found many issues with the income ...
A Federal Trade Commission chart shows how six of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers are part of larger healthcare conglomerates.(Courtesy: FTC) Originally designed as a way to ...
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order setting aside the FTC’s ban on employee noncompetes (the “Noncompete Rule”) on a ...