Would presidential hopeful Harris replace FTC Chair Khan? The implications for PBM reform He suggested billionaire influence over the current administration could have led to the firings ...

These middlemen in the drug supply chain don't discover new medicines. They don't manufacture them. They don't even ...

In a statement, the FTC wrote that an executive at a PBM acknowledged this strategy for insulins, saying that the big three PBMs continue to “drink down the tasty … rebates.” PBMs pushed ...

The FTC's first report drew a strong response from the PBM sector, with lawsuits filed in both directions. The FTC has accused the big three of operating a "perverse drug rebate system," while the ...

PBM SUIT LEFT HANGING — President Donald Trump’s firing this week of two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission calls into question how the agency’s lawsuit against the country ...

The FTC’s investigation into PBM practices began in 2022. Last summer, the agency released a scathing interim report on the industry. It detailed how increasing concentration enabled the three ...

Per the FTC, in 2000 there were more than two dozen independent players in the PBM market. By 2021, only the current "Big Three" remained: CVS's (CVS) Caremark, UnitedHealth Group's (UNH ...

At a public meeting held on January 15, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) summarized the Second Interim Staff Report (Second Report) stemming from its investigation into pharmacy benefit ...

On Tuesday, the healthcare company’s PBM, Express Scripts, sued the Federal Trade Commission over the agency’s recent report showing how the drug middlemen could be contributing to rising drug ...

Express Scripts is the third-largest PBM by market share at 17.1%, the AMA reported. The FTC report has a “clear ideological bias” and makes misleading claims about PBMs that could lead to ...

A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to vote in favor of releasing an interim staff report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM). Sens.

CVS Health Corporation is suing members of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy over a new law restricting them fromowning ...