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.

The FTC turned a spotlight on “excess” price hikes on specialty generic drugs for cancer, heart disease, HIV and other conditions.

(CNN) — Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in revenue from marking up the prices of dozens of specialty ...

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 ...

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