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 ...
Outrage against PBMs was on full display when 400 pharmacy professionals in Kansas shuttered their businesses and petitioned ...
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 ...
Reports of the FTC’s plan come just a couple of days after the regulator published its long-awaited report on the PBM sector, which concluded that their market dominance has “dire consequences ...
during his first term the FTC allowed consolidation to occur in the industry in the late 2010s. And despite the anti-PBM rhetoric in Trump’s White House, practically nothing of substance was ...
Mintz’s Health Law and Antitrust teams actively monitor federal and state regulatory and legislative developments in the PBM space, including those from the FTC. In this Special Edition of the ...
The FTC wants details on pass-throughs of rebates ... The agency is also asking for any information in PBM company files relating to "strategies and business practices for lowering the net price ...
The FTC called out the nation’s leading pharmacy benefit managers for inflating pharmacy costs, affecting both employers and ...
Walgreens-Boots Alliance struggles with margin compression, competition, and financial risks. Learn why these challenges make ...
For years PBMs have been assailed by pharma companies and Congress, and the new Trump administration looks likely to keep up the barrage.
Some drugs were sold at four times the acquisition cost. CVS Caremark contends that the FTC is pushing an anti-PBM agenda. The company warns that if the current policies continue, drug prices will ...
Medicare managed care plans will receive an increase of just over 6.5% on average in per capita payments when the rates for 2005 are announced in May, according to a preliminary estimate from the ...