Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from "excess" ...
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Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released an interim report saying that powerful drug middlemen marked up drugs for ...
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'Raking in billions': Report shows drug middlemen jack up prices by nearly 8,000%
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday published the second part of its investigation into how prescription drug ...
FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars
Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in ...
FTC takes fresh swipe at drug middlemen, says some prices marked up over 1,000%
The drug middlemen known as pharmacy-benefit managers took another body blow from regulators on Tuesday, as they were criticized for charging way more for some “critical” prescription drugs than it ...
PBMs Under Fire Again, But Despite Bipartisan Pressure Reforms May Be Elusive
As Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ends her tenure this week the FTC posted a second report in six months ...
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UnitedHealth fights back: Blame drugmakers for high costs, not the 'middlemen.'
See: FTC takes fresh swipe at drug middlemen, says some prices marked up over 1,000%. Also read: UnitedHealthcare head Brian Thompson's killing shines light on health-insurance denial rates.
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 ...
Medicare targets popular weight loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy for price negotiations
The Biden administration said Medicare will negotiate discounts with drug companies on 15 drugs prescribed to treat cancer, ...
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 ...
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FTC releases second report slamming pharmacy benefit managers
Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes similar allegations against the ...
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FTC takes fresh swipe at drug middlemen, says some prices marked up over 1,000%
CVS responds by saying regulator's latest report is 'inappropriate and misleading' The drug middlemen known as pharmacy-benefit managers took another body blow from regulators on Tuesday ...