PBMs made billions marking up specialty drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday released its second interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), saying ...
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Major PBMs Inflated Drug Prices, Pocketing $7.3 Billion Along the Way, FTC Says
The three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) inflated the price of specialty generic drugs beyond their costs of ...
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Healthcare Leaders Support FTC’s Second Report on PBMs, While PBMs Criticize Findings
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its second interim staff report on prescription drug middlemen. The report ...
FTC finds PBMs excessively marked up prices on specialty drugs
Cigna (CI) and UnitedHealth (UNH) significantly marked up prices for specialty generic drugs over a six-year period.
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FTC: Big 3 PBMs generated $7.3B from specialty generic drug markups
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically mark up specialty generic drugs to affiliated pharmacies, the Federal ...
How UnitedHealth and Rivals Made $7.3 Billion Marking Up Drugs: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission said three top pharmacy suppliers made profits of 7,700 percent on a lifesaving hypertension ...
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PBMs reaped substantial profits from dispensing prescription drugs, FTC finds
The Federal Trade Commission published a second interim staff report this week on the prescription drug middleman industry, which focuses on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) influence over specialty ...
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FTC alleges PBMs cost consumers $7.3 billion marking up drug prices
The FTC released a 60-page report Tuesday targeting the biggest three pharmacy benefit managers, claiming the companies hiked the prices of specialty drugs to generate $7.3 billion in revenue from ...
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FTC slams PBMs for boosting specialty drug prices at the expense of the U.S. health care system
For the second time in less than a year, the FTC has released a highly critical report of pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.
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FTC accuses big PBMs' pharmacies of collecting $5.9B in specialty drug markups
Margin expansion at Express Scripts, Caremark and Optum Rx increased by $336 million between 2017 and 2021, officials say.
The FTC Finds United Health’s OptumRX Is Engaged In Widespread Price Gouging
The Federal Trade Commision (FTC) found prescription benefits managers like UnitedHealth's OptumRX have gained $7.3B from ...
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Big 3 PBMs reaped $7.3B from generic specialty drug markups: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to release additional findings from its yearslong probe into CVS Caremark, ...