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 speciality drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday released its second interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), saying the major industry middlemen generate billions in revenue through
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,
US FTC finds major pharmacy benefit managers inflated drug prices for $7.3 billion gain
The nation's three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain medicines, including for heart disease, cancer and HIV, at their affiliated pharmacies, the U.S.
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 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
FTC finds PBMs excessively marked up prices on specialty drugs
A new report issued by the Federal Trade Commission has found that prescription benefit manager units owned by CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Cigna (CI) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH) significantly marked up prices for many specialty generic drugs over a six-year period.
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.
FTC: Three major PBMs inflated drug prices by $7.3 billion from 2017-2022
CNBC's Bertha Coombs reports on the latest news from the FTC.
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