Express Scripts, Caremark, Optum Rx plan to appeal effort to block FTC lawsuit
The “Big Three” PBMs are kicking their suit up to the 8th Circuit and, in the meantime, are once again asking a Missouri ...
FTC case against Caremark, Express Scripts, Optum Rx can move forward, judge rules
A Missouri district court judge on Tuesday said stopping the FTC’s suit against the Big Three PBMs would be “against the ...
OptumRX responds to Wisconsin family’s lawsuit for asthma death
It's the first time we're hearing from one of the plaintiffs accused of raising the price of an asthma inhaler out of reach ...
Company says family of Wisconsin man who died after inhaler price jumped have no grounds to sue
Optum Rx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the family of Cole ...
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Express Scripts, Caremark, Optum Rx plan to appeal effort to block FTC lawsuit
The FTC sued Cigna-owned Express Scripts, CVS-owned Caremark and UnitedHealth-owned Optum Rx in September, arguing that the drug middlemen prefer more expensive insulin products because they ...
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FTC's insulin case against UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna PBMs advances
A federal judge denied a bid by CVS Health, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group to block the Federal Trade Commission's pricing case ...
ARS Pharmaceuticals says OptumRx, Cigna, Navitus add neffy to formularies
ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY) announced that Cigna Healthcare, Navitus Health Systems and OptumRx, through their Group ...
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Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, claims son died from rising cost of asthma meds
The Schmidtknechts allege that pharmacy benefits management company OptumRX violated Wisconsin law by raising the cost of the medication without a valid medical reason and failing to provide 30 ...
Wisconsin man dies after inhaler cost jumps $500, according to family's lawsuit
A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a ...