Independent pharmacists blame ‘medical middlemen’ for soaring drug costs, pharmacy closures
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - If you have trouble affording prescription drugs, some independent pharmacists say that so-called ...
Editorial: Walgreens’ woes are about more than an iconic Chicago company’s future. Our health is at stake, too
Walgreens Boots Alliance has a storied history in Chicago, starting with a single retail outlet in 1901, and expanding across ...
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Breaking Down Biosimilar Barriers: Payer and PBM Policies
Part 2 of this series for Global Biosimilars Week dives into the complexities of payer and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) ...
Rebate Game Played By PBMs And Drug Makers Limits Biosimilar Competition
The rebate game played by drug makers and pharmacy benefit managers limits optimal biosimilar competition. As a result, U.S.
Hometown Pharmacy closing 5 Wisconsin stores after shuttering 6 since last year
The Rio-based network of independent pharmacies blames drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers.
CVS, Ex-Cigna Executive Ask to Shorten Ban on Starting New Role
CVS Pharmacy Inc. and the former president of Cigna Corp.'s Express Scripts asked a federal judge to amend an injunction ...
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Pharmacies Accuse GoodRx of 'Inviting Price-Fixing' in Series of Antitrust Class Actions
GoodRx has been hit with a series of antitrust class actions in California and Rhode Island federal courts challenging the ...
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Commentary: Pharmacy benefit managers are a roadblock to affordable medications
Advertisement Article continues below this ad Pharmacy benefit managers were originally intended ... the six largest PBMs — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, OptumRx, Humana, Prime Therapeutics and ...
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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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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 ...
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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Good RX, PBMs accused of suppressing reimbursements
GoodRx and pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, MedImpact and Navitus Health Solutions are facing class-action lawsuits accusing them of colluding to super press reimbursements to ...