The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued the top three pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the US for operating a "perverse drug rebate system" that it claims artificially inflated the prices ...

It's just over a week since pharmacy benefit managers CVS and Express Scripts sued the state of Arkansas over a new monopoly-busting law prohibiting PBMs—middle ...

The law was likely intended to check the influence of the three largest PBMs — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx — that cumulatively process 80% of all prescriptions in the U.S.

(Corrects paragraph 6 to remove reference to retail pharmacies in Arkansas) By Diana Novak Jones CHICAGO (Reuters) -Express Scripts and several of its affiliated pharmacies filed a lawsuit on ...

(Reuters) -Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said on Tuesday she had filed three separate lawsuits against CVS for ...

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Louisiana sues CVS for inflating drug costs, abusing data, and undermining local pharmacies through its pharmacy benefit ...

CVS Specialty (CVS Health) — $77.2 billion 2. Accredo/Freedom Fertility (Cigna/Evernorth/Express Scripts) — $65.2 billion 3. Optum Specialty Pharmacy (UnitedHealth Group/Optum Rx) — $35.2 ...

The FTC, for example, is currently suing Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx for allegedly inflating the cost of insulin, while the DOJ is reportedly investigating UnitedHealth over a variety ...

UPDATED: June 9 at 5:24 p.m. ET | The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association and Navitus Health Solutions are the latest PBM groups to sue over the Arkansas law.

The FTC’s pivot from competition to children leads to the same result: attacks on tech companies and attempts to violate Americans' rights.