Express Scripts, FTC
UnitedHealth, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts sued by FTC over skyrocketing insulin prices
The FTC sued UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit, CVS Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts for allegedly steering diabetes patients towards higher priced insulin.
Express Scripts files suit against FTC, demands retraction of report on PBM industry
Express Scripts has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that the agency retract a damning report on the pharmacy benefit management industry. | Express Scripts has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission,
Express Scripts sues FTC over drug pricing report
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts sued the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday over the regulator's recent drug pricing report, calling the report's conclusion that the prescription middlemen raise drug costs defamatory.
Cigna’s PBM Express Scripts sues the FTC, seeking retraction of drug-cost report
Cigna Group’s pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts on Tuesday sued the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the agency’s July report on the PBM industry was biased and defamatory and asking the court to order the FTC to withdraw the report.
Express Scripts sues FTC over report damning pharmacy benefit managers
The major PBM said its lawsuit is necessary to protect against misinformation about the controversial drug middlemen, while the FTC promised to defend its research.
FTC sues pharmaceutical middlemen, claiming practices inflated insulin cost
The Federal Trade Commission Friday announced it was suing the country's three biggest pharmacy benefit managers, claiming unfair practices inflated the cost of insulin.
Express Scripts sues FTC over 'flawed and biased' PBM report
Express Scripts parent company Cigna alleges the Federal Trade Commission ignored more than 3 million pages of documents the pharmacy provided to investigators.
Can Express Scripts Win its Lawsuit Against the FTC?
Whether Express Scripts wins its unique defamation lawsuit will depend on whether the PBM can prove the FTC made false statements. But winning the lawsuit may not be what the PBM is looking for.
Express Scripts sues FTC over report blaming pharmacy middlemen for high drug costs
At issue is a report released by the FTC in July called: “Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharmacies.” Express Scripts claims in the lawsuit that the report “is seventy-four pages of unsupported innuendo” leveled against it and other PBMs.
Express Scripts sues FTC over drug pricing report, court documents show
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts sued the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday over the regulator's recent drug pricing report, calling the report's conclusion that the prescription middlemen raise drug costs defamatory.
High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers
Three companies that process about 80% of prescriptions in the United States — Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx — have ...
FTC Sues CVS Health, Cigna And United Health Group For Inflating Insulin Prices
The Federal Trade Commission filed an action against the three largest prescription drug benefit managers or PBMs— CVS Health's ...
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FTC targets three biggest PBMs over insulin rebates
The Federal Trade Commission's administrative complaint follows an interim report from the agency regarding PBM practices.
Federal Trade Commission sues drug 'gatekeepers' over high insulin prices
The three price benefit managers jointly administer 80% of all prescriptions in the U.S., the FTC said in the lawsuit.