UnitedHealth fights back: Blame drugmakers for high costs, not the 'middlemen.'
On the post-earnings call with analysts, Chief Executive Andrew Witty addressed the recent public backlash over high drug costs and transparency of coverage, particularly following killing of Brian ...
Columbus joins national fight accusing drug manufacturers of inflating insulin prices
According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 8.4 million people in the United States need insulin to survive ...
Mississippi man found guilty of killing Pensacola man over botched drug drop
Dewitt Echols fatally shot James Johnson in 2021 after the man was unknowingly part of a law enforcement controlled drug delivery.
Pharma digs in on changes it wants from Trump administration
The pharmaceutical industry, grappling with new government limits on drug prices, is focusing its requests for ...
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Healthcare Leaders Support FTC’s Second Report on PBMs, While PBMs Criticize Findings
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its second interim staff report on prescription drug middlemen. The report ...
City of Columbus sues drug companies over insulin prices
Columbus joins the states of Arkansas, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and Mississippi and other cities and counties ...
Pharma middlemen marked up $7.3B
The Federal Trade Commission accuses CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth of artificially inflating prices on specialty generic drugs ...
Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
CVS Caremark, OptumRx and St. Louis-based Express Scripts — are part of huge health conglomerates that also own insurers, ...
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The accused killer of Brian Thompson cited the industry’s failures as his motive for assassinating the UnitedHealth executive ...
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FTC report exposes big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices by up to 7,736%
Report reveals big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices, reaping billions in excess revenue. • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report showing that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) ...
City of Columbus sues drug companies, pharmacy middlemen that artificially raised insulin prices
The City of Columbus filed a lawsuit against several drug companies that artificially raised prices on insulin prices for ...
FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 ...