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FTC sues drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday sued three large U.S. health companies that negotiate insulin prices, arguing the drug middlemen boost their profits while "artificially" inflating costs for patients.
FTC Sues Pharmacy Middlemen For Allegedly Inflating Insulin Prices
Months earlier, the agency released a report alleging the companies drove up the costs of some medications, including insulin.
UnitedHealth, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts sued by FTC over skyrocketing insulin prices
The FTC sued UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit, CVS Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts for allegedly steering diabetes patients towards higher priced insulin.
FTC Sues PBMs for Artificially Hiking Insulin Prices
The complaint targets the group purchasing organizations affiliated with the "big three" pharmacy benefit managers: CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts.
FTC alleges Caremark Rx, Express Scripts, Optum Rx inflated insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission is suing the three largest prescription drug benefit managers (PBMs) for allegedly driving up insulin prices through anticompe
Express Scripts files suit against FTC, demands retraction of report on PBM industry
Express Scripts has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that the agency retract a damning report on the pharmacy benefit management industry. | Express Scripts has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission,
UnitedHealth, Cigna, CVS PBMs targeted by FTC over inflated insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission has brought an administrative complaint against three of the country's largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), accusing them of engaging in practices that artificially inflated the list price of insulin drugs.
Drug middlemen illegally drive up the cost of insulin, FTC says
Federal regulators are accusing the country's three largest pharmacy benefit managers of illegally driving up the cost of ...
FTC sues drug middlemen over manipulating the insulin market
The agency alleges CVS’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx accepted money from drugmakers in ...
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FTC sues pharmaceutical middlemen, claiming practices inflated insulin cost
The Federal Trade Commission Friday announced it was suing the country's three biggest pharmacy benefit managers, claiming ...
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Express Scripts sues FTC over report damning pharmacy benefit managers
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PBM executives decline to revise controversial testimony to House committee
However, Optum Rx, Express Scripts and Caremark are sticking by their executives’ words. Caremark’s letter responding to the allegations, which was shared with Healthcare Dive, criticizes ...
Federal Trade Commission accuses three drug middlemen of inflating insulin prices
In a lawsuit, the FTC accused Optum Rx, Caremark and Express Scripts of creating "a broken rebate system that inflated insulin drug prices, boosting PBM (prescription drug benefit managers) profits at ...