The Federal Trade Commission said three top pharmacy suppliers made profits of 7,700 percent on a lifesaving hypertension drug.
The Federal Trade Commision (FTC) found prescription benefits managers like UnitedHealth's OptumRX have gained $7.3B from price gouging.
Shocking revelations from a Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, investigation have exposed how three major prescription benefit managers, or PBMs,
Pharmacy benefit managers overcharged for specialty generic medications — in many cases by hundreds and thousands of percent — for billions in profits, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission,
The lawsuit claims that three major healthcare companies were pushing up the price of insulin by 1,200 percent.
At least one Woodward pharmacist is celebrating an action by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond that could turn the tide for area pharmacists, some who are struggling to stay in
As Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ends her tenure this week the FTC posted a second report in six months critical of pharmacy benefit managers.
Sen. James Lankford has been trying to pass legislation in response to an industry he believes will leave small towns without many pharmacy options.
Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their prices by hundreds — and in some cases, thousands — of percent, resulting in $7.3 billion in revenue above cost.
Pharmacy benefit managers are the middlemen in the prescription drug market. The Federal Trade Commission reports the revenue of four PBMs exceeds $1 trillion and they control 86% of the market. Meanwhile, the price patients pay for drugs has increased nearly 300% in the last 30 years, according to Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.
Edward Jones, a financial services firm, upgraded CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) stock from Hold to Buy. The upgrade comes as the stock, which InvestingPro analysis shows is currently undervalued, has posted a strong 28.
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