FTC lawsuit claims drug middlemen are manipulating insulin market
Three companies that process about 80% of prescriptions in the United States — Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx — have ...
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New Idaho law to regulate pharmacy benefit managers. Will it reduce prescription drug costs?
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 ...
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FTC sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs
The Federal Trade Commission said pharmacy benefit managers created a "perverse drug rebate system" that artificially ...
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Federal Trade Commission sues largest drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers, accusing the companies of artificially inflating insulin list prices that resulted in ...
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 ...
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Consumer Out-Of-Pocket Drug Prices Grew Faster Than Prices Faced By Insurers After Accounting For Rebates, 2007–20
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 ...
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Survivors Urge FG to Address Proliferation of Fake Cancer Drugs
She advised the government to eliminate middlemen in the sale of cancer drugs ... “When you get a drug and find out it’s not working, a higher one is recommended and you spend more than ...
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PAOCC wants middlemen removed in SIM card sale
MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) is pushing to remove middlemen SIM card sellers to prevent scammers from using fake identities when registering ...
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Drugmakers say obesity medicine shortages are easing, but patients struggle to fill prescriptions
Bill Coombs, who lives in Boston’s South End, has lost 28 pounds since he started using the obesity drug Wegovy. But when he went to refill his prescription in late August, things didn’t go as ...
The Hill15d
Welcome to the global synthetic drug revolution
The global drug trade exhibits striking regional differences, with varying drug preferences across different parts of the world. However, a common thread unites these regions: The pervasive rise ...
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Last-ditch bill would save home care middleman industry
A new push to preserve the network of middlemen brokering home health care under a popular state program is kindling in Albany. A bill set to be introduced Friday by state Sen. Gustavo Rivera aims ...
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Our broken prescription drug pricing system is a moral issue for Delaware and America
essentially middlemen in the supply chain, are manipulating the drug pricing process for their own profit. The six largest PBMs control 95% of the prescription drug marketplace and they are ...