Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
CVS Caremark, OptumRx and St. Louis-based Express Scripts — are part of huge health conglomerates that also own insurers, ...
UnitedHealth fights back: Blame drugmakers for high costs, not the 'middlemen.'
On the post-earnings call with analysts, Chief Executive Andrew Witty addressed the recent public backlash over high drug costs and transparency of coverage, particularly following killing of Brian ...
City of Columbus sues drug companies, pharmacy middlemen that artificially raised insulin prices
The City of Columbus filed a lawsuit against several drug companies that artificially raised prices on insulin prices for ...
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The accused killer of Brian Thompson cited the industry’s failures as his motive for assassinating the UnitedHealth executive ...
Pharma middlemen marked up $7.3B
The Federal Trade Commission accuses CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth of artificially inflating prices on specialty generic drugs ...
City of Columbus sues drug companies over insulin prices
Columbus joins the states of Arkansas, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and Mississippi and other cities and counties ...
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 ...
UnitedHealth's stock dives after first revenue miss in more than four years
The company is at a pivotal point following the killing of Brian Thompson, who headed the UnitedHealthcare unit, and there was a public outcry about insurance denials. That prompted Andrew Witty, the ...
60,000 North Carolinians' votes are in limbo as lawsuit against state board of elections drags on
Discover the story of the Vickers 559, a British supersonic interceptor designed to outpace Soviet bombers. With advanced ...
Mississippi man found guilty of killing Pensacola man over botched drug drop
Dewitt Echols fatally shot James Johnson in 2021 after the man was unknowingly part of a law enforcement controlled drug delivery.
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FTC report exposes big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices by up to 7,736%
Report reveals big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices, reaping billions in excess revenue. • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report showing that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) ...
Red No. 3 dye banned from food, drinks, medicine due to cancer risk
The Food and Drug Administration moved to ban the additive from America's food and drug supply due to its link to cancer in ...