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 ...

Mintz’s Health Law and Antitrust teams actively monitor federal and state regulatory and legislative developments in the PBM ...

At a public meeting held on January 15, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) summarized the Second Interim Staff Report ...

The FTC's first report drew a strong response from the PBM sector, with lawsuits filed in both directions. The FTC has accused the big three of operating a "perverse drug rebate system," while the ...

The FTC called out the nation’s leading pharmacy benefit managers for inflating pharmacy costs, affecting both employers and ...

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 FTC also called for legislative reforms and "is encouraged to see bipartisan interest in Congress and among the states in addressing PBM practices," according to the report. Anjalee Khemlani ...

All three also previously countersued the FTC, and Cigna noted that the reports are based on small subsets of data. Meanwhile, its Express Scripts PBM data shows that specialty generic medications ...

The Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 14 published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, ...

In a recent antitrust arbitration ruling, Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) owned by 19 Blue Cross and ...

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers have made efforts to improve relationships with pharmacies, health insurers, employers ...