“The good thing about that was it was bipartisan … But if not, we’ll continue to work … So we’ll be able to, I think we’ll be able to make the PBM reform and other things in that bill ...

The price concessions from the pharmacy come from lower contracted rates that pharmacies must accept in order to participate in the PBM’s pharmacy network. Depending on the way an employer ...

A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to vote in favor of releasing an interim staff report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM). Sens.

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its second interim report on Jan. 14, 2025, accusing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) of marking up the prices of specialty generic drugs.

Walgreens is making progress renegotiating contracts with pharmacy benefit managers and selling its VillageMD stake, while continuing to trim down other parts of the business. Walgreens' sale of ...

The PBM's 41-page lawsuit says allowing the FTC's case to play out as an administrative proceeding overseen by an administrative law judge "would subvert bedrock constitutional principles of ...

The FTC’s investigation into PBM practices began in 2022. Last summer, the agency released a scathing interim report on the industry. It detailed how increasing concentration enabled the three ...

An FTC official told reporters the $7.3 billion figure could be an underestimation. PBM-affiliated pharmacy dispensing revenue increased at an annual growth rate of 42% from 2017 to 2021 ...

But beneath the surface of this public scrutiny lies the biggest threat to the traditional PBM structure, one that signals a quiet shift in the market: changing demands from employers, unions ...

Former exenatide brand Byetta has, according to Diabetes UK, been discontinued. Much like other GLP-1 receptor agonists, lixisenatide binds to and activates the GLP-1 receptor, increasing insulin ...

The final text saw a number of legislative proposals culled in order to get it over the line, including measures that would have introduced stricter controls over the PBM sector that had been ...