CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth inflated cancer and HIV drug prices, FTC says
Three major drug middlemen needlessly marked up generic drugs for cancer, HIV, and multiple sclerosis to generate $7.3 billion in revenue, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a report released today.
How UnitedHealth and Rivals Made $7.3 Billion Marking Up Drugs: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission said three top pharmacy suppliers made profits of 7,700 percent on a lifesaving hypertension drug.
PBMs made billions marking up specialty 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
Big 3 PBMs reaped $7.3B from generic specialty drug markups: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to release additional findings from its yearslong probe into CVS Caremark, OptumRx and Express Scripts.
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.
FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 billion in revenue.
FTC says pharmacy benefits managers marked-up generic drug prices for $7.3bn gain
Regulator’s report finds companies ‘hiked costs’ for a range of medicines, including cancer and HIV treatments
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
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FTC said the "Big 3 PBMs" — CVS’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s OptumRx — imposed markups of hundreds to thousands of percent on critical drugs, including those ...