Rebate Game Played By PBMs And Drug Makers Limits Biosimilar Competition
The rebate game played by drug makers and pharmacy benefit managers limits optimal biosimilar competition. As a result, U.S.
Harrow Announces Market Access Wins for VEVYE®
Harrow (Nasdaq: HROW), a leading North American eyecare pharmaceutical company, today announced its first major market access ...
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Good RX, PBMs accused of suppressing reimbursements
GoodRx and pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, MedImpact and Navitus Health Solutions are facing class-action lawsuits accusing them of colluding to super press reimbursements to ...
Blue Shield Of California Push For Cheaper Biosimilars Could Disrupt Market
Blue Shield of Calif. is bypassing traditional pharmacy benefit managers to bring a Humira-referenced biosimilar, Idacio, to ...
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Pharmacies Accuse GoodRx of 'Inviting Price-Fixing' in Series of Antitrust Class Actions
The pharmacy benefit managers, which were named in two of the complaints—CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, MedImpact, and ...
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Breaking Down Biosimilar Barriers: Payer and PBM Policies
Part 2 of this series for Global Biosimilars Week dives into the complexities of payer and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) ...
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‘Nonsensical’ Limits on Supportive Drugs Complicate Cancer Care
When asked about restrictions on supportive care medications, a spokesman for CVS Caremark, one of the nation’s largest ...
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Optum audit shows possible law violation, lower payments to independent pharmacies
The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi rates lower than chains and ...
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FTC sues PBMs over 'perverse' rebate system
Express Scripts said the legal action was "reckless ... chief legal officer at Cigna. CVS Caremark said that preventing PBMs from negotiating drug prices will only benefit pharma companies ...
Hometown Pharmacy closing 5 Wisconsin stores after shuttering 6 since last year
The Rio-based network of independent pharmacies blames drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers.
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Commentary: Pharmacy benefit managers are a roadblock to affordable medications
But today, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the six largest PBMs — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, OptumRx, Humana, Prime Therapeutics and MedImpact — manage nearly 95% of all prescriptions ...
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Experts: CVS, RiteAid, Walgreens are in for tough times in Conn.
Those companies are: * Caremark Rx, which is owned by CVS Health. * Express Scripts which is subsidiary of Cigna. * OptumRx, which is owned by UnitedHealth. Angela Mattie, a professor of ...