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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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Another FTC report is highly critical of pharmacy benefit managers
In the debate over the high cost of prescription drugs, pharmacy benefit managers are hotly contested. PBMs, the middlemen in ...
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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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, ...
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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FTC again goes after PBMs’ business practices in new report
Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes a similar attack on the drug middlemen ...
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Not Thrilled With FTC Report Finding Pharmacy Benefit Managers Raise Drug Prices
The pressure against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) continues to build. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released ...
UnitedHealth Charged Cancer Patients 5000%, Bombshell FTC Report Claims
The FTC report found that from 2017 to 2022, three PBMs—UnitedHealth Group's Optum, CVS Health's CVS Caremark and Cigna's ...
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 ...
FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 billion in revenue.
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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.
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 ...