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 revenue from marking up the prices of dozens of specialty generic drugs between 2017 and 2022,
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The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which represents PBM's, called the FTC report baseless and "without substantiating evidence."
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" prescription price hikes of 1,000% or more.
PBMs made billions marking up specialty drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
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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 Trade Commission (FTC) uncovered in its second interim staff report rele | The FTC released its second interim staff report Tuesday during Chair Lina Khan's final open commission meeting,
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The FTC study examines the practices of PBMs to ensure fair competition and transparency. The FTC found that from 2017 to 2022, the three big PBMs imposed substantial price markups on 51 specialty generic drugs,
FTC takes fresh swipe at drug middlemen, says some prices marked up over 1,000%
The drug middlemen known as pharmacy-benefit managers took another body blow from regulators on Tuesday, as they were criticized for charging way more for some “critical” prescription drugs than it cost them.
Largest Pharmacy-Benefit Managers Hiked Up Drug Prices, FTC Says
The largest pharmacy-benefit managers hiked the prices of certain drugs dispensed through their own pharmacies, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission released on Tuesday. The markups helped the PBMs reap $7.
FTC releases second report on PBM price hikes of specialty drugs
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 2017 to 2022.
FTC says ‘Big 3 PBMs’ marked up generic drugs by thousands of percent
The Federal Trade Commission published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, which it says focuses on
PBMs Generated Billions in Drug Markups, FTC Says
Major pharmacy-benefit managers generated $7.3 billion in markups on specialty drugs from pharmacies they are affiliated with, the FTC said in a new report.
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