Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen’s markups, FTC says
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from ‘excess’ prescription price hikes of 1,000% or more.
Big 3 PBMs reaped $7.3B from generic specialty drug markups: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to release additional findings from its yearslong probe into CVS Caremark, OptumRx and Express Scripts.
PBMs made billions marking up specialty drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday released its second interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), saying the major industry middlemen generate billions in revenue through
FTC: Big 3 PBMs generated $7.3B from specialty generic drug markups
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically mark up specialty generic drugs to affiliated pharmacies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) uncovered in its second interim staff report rele | The FTC released its second interim staff report Tuesday during Chair Lina Khan's final open commission meeting,
FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars
Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in revenue from marking up the prices of dozens of specialty generic drugs between 2017 and 2022,
FTC takes fresh swipe at drug middlemen, says some prices marked up over 1,000%
The drug middlemen known as pharmacy-benefit managers took another body blow from regulators on Tuesday, as they were criticized for charging way more for some “critical” prescription drugs than it cost them.
PBMs Generated Billions in Drug Markups, FTC Says
Major pharmacy-benefit managers generated $7.3 billion in markups on specialty drugs from pharmacies they are affiliated with, the FTC said in a new report.
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UnitedHealth's OptumRx Accused of Excessive Drug Pricing
The Federal Trade Commission accused UnitedHealth's OptumRx, CVS Caremark, and Cigna's Express Scripts of pocketing over $7 ...
The FTC Finds United Health’s OptumRX Is Engaged In Widespread Price Gouging
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FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging
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OptumRx sues Mississippi Board of Pharmacy, alleges due process violation
The lawsuit asks the judge to rule that an independent hearing officer preside over the company’s administrative hearing on ...
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Troubling FTC probe reveals PBMs’ price-gouging tactics
Shocking revelations from a Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, investigation have exposed how three major prescription benefit managers, or PBMs, ...
UnitedHealth CEO Highlights Hospitals, Doctors, Pharma's Role In Soaring Health Care Costs
UnitedHealth Group reported mixed financial results for Q4, with a rise in medical care ratio and CEO's tribute to the late ...
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PBMs reaped substantial profits from dispensing prescription drugs, FTC finds
The Federal Trade Commission published a second interim staff report this week on the prescription drug middleman industry, which ...
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Kentucky attorney general sues OptumRx, alleging ‘reckless’ promotion of opioids
Attorney General Russell Coleman has added OptumRx, a prescription drug benefit provider, to his September lawsuit against ...
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Insurance Company Where CEO Was Assassinated Jacking Up Cost of Cancer Drugs by "Thousands of Percent," Government Finds
UnitedHealthcare's legal drug dealing arm is, according to the government, massively marking up the cost of life-saving ...