Becker's Hospital Review11h
Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, Optum Rx over son's death
A Wisconsin couple has filed a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx and Walgreens, alleging their son's death was linked to a sudden price increase in his asthma medication.
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Generic prescription drug prices marked up as high as 5,000%, investigation finds
A new FTC report found that pharmacy benefit managers have inflated the price of life-saving generic prescription drugs, ...
Modern Healthcare23d
Big 3 PBMs reaped $7.3B from generic specialty drug markups: FTC
Pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, OptumRx and Express Scripts inflated costs for specialty generic drugs to treat diseases such as cancer and HIV to the tune of $7.3 billion over six years ...
Campus Safety Magazine22d
FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging
presented evidence that UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx, along with its two main competitors, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, inflated the prices of specialty generic medications, particularly ...
The Hill23d
PBMs made billions marking up specialty drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
industry dominance and marking up the prices of specialty drugs. The report specifically looked at the business practices of the Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx, which are in turn owned ...
MedPage Today24d
Major PBMs Inflated Drug Prices, Pocketing $7.3 Billion Along the Way, FTC Says
Opens in a new tab or window The three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) inflated the price of specialty generic ... Express Scripts, and OptumRx -- "hiked costs for a wide range of ...
Fierce Healthcare23d
FTC: Big 3 PBMs generated $7.3B from specialty generic drug markups
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically ... The FTC’s findings—which analyzed 51 specialty generic drugs from 2017 to 2022—showed these pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs ...