Drug middlemen illegally drive up the cost of insulin, FTC says
Regulators say the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers are partly to blame for the soaring cost of insulin in the U.S.
FTC sues drug middlemen over manipulating the insulin market
The agency alleges CVS’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx accepted money from drugmakers in ...
FTC Accuses Drug Middlemen of Inflating Insulin Prices
The Federal Trade Commission sued the drug middlemen that health plans use to keep a lid on drug spending, accusing the firms ...
FTC sues OptumRx, rivals over insulin pricing
UnitedHealth Group division calls the action “baseless” and shows “profound misunderstanding” of drug pricing.
US FTC sues drug 'gatekeepers' over high insulin prices
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued the country's three largest pharmacy benefit managers on Friday, accusing them of ...
FTC sues prescription drug middlemen, alleging they conspired over high insulin costs
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed lawsuits against three prescription drug benefit managers or PBMs over concerns ...
US drug ‘gatekeepers’ face FTC antitrust lawsuit over insulin prices
The FTC, led by chair Lina Khan, is seeking to ultimately lower insurance premiums as well as wholesale prices, which in the ...
UnitedHealth, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts sued by FTC over skyrocketing insulin prices
The FTC sued UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit, CVS Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts for allegedly steering diabetes ...
Federal Trade Commission sues drug 'gatekeepers' over high insulin prices
The three price benefit managers jointly administer 80% of all prescriptions in the U.S., the FTC said in the lawsuit.
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FTC sues big 3 PBMs for ‘artificially inflated’ insulin prices caused by ‘perverse’ rebating
The FTC said CVS Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s OptumRx profit at the expense of patients forced to ...
High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers
The federal government is suing some big pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made ...
FTC Sues 'Middlemen' For Inflating Insulin Drug Prices
The suit accuses the "Big Three" of steering diabetes patients toward high-priced insulin to benefit their bottom lines ...