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 ...
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.
Insulin pricing targeted by FTC
The FTC filed a lawsuit on Friday, alleging three largest pharmacy benefit managers “artificially" inflated the cost of ...
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FTC Sues Prescription Drug Middlemen Including CVS for Artificially Inflating Insulin Drug Prices
The Federal Trade Commission brought action against the three largest prescription drug benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark Rx ...
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FTC sues pharmacy insurance managers, alleging unfair drug prices
According to the FTC, the three largest PBMs — CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx — used their power to exclude cheaper insulin products from the menu of ...
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 ...
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 ...
FTC sues prescription-drug middlemen over insulin prices, says drugmakers are also ‘on notice’
Pharmacy-benefit managers owned by CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth “artificially inflated” prices for lifesaving medications, ...
Federal Trade Commission accuses three drug middlemen of inflating insulin prices
In a lawsuit, the FTC accused Optum Rx, Caremark and Express Scripts of creating "a broken rebate system that inflated insulin drug prices, boosting PBM (prescription drug benefit managers) profits at ...
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FTC Sues CVS, Cigna, UnitedHealth Over Insulin Costs
The US Federal Trade Commission is accusing units of CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth of engaging in illegal rebate programs that drove up the price of insulin. Federal Trade Commission Office of Public ...
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.
UnitedHealth, Cigna, CVS PBMs targeted by FTC over inflated insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission has brought an administrative complaint against three of the country's largest pharmacy benefit ...