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 ...
This Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens, Optum Rx — alleging 22-year-old son died after sudden $500 price spike on asthma meds. Here’s their case and how to deal wi…
His parents have now filed a lawsuit against both the pharmacy benefits-management company and Walgreens, claiming they are ...
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Lawmakers renew focus on PBMs: 4 things to know
Three of the top PBMs — CVS Caremark, Cigna Express Scripts and UnitedHealth's Optum Rx — control 80% of U.S. prescriptions, which has raised concerns about anti-competitive practices that could drive ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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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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OptumRX responds to Wisconsin family’s lawsuit for asthma death
The family of Cole Schmidtknecht accuse OptumRx and Walgreens of having a part in their son’s death. As we reported last month, the 22-year-old didn’t have an asthma inhaler when he suffered a ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, Optum Rx, saying son died after sudden $500 price spike for asthma meds
Shanon and William Schmidtknecht, of Poynette, say their 22-year-old son Cole was told the cost had jumped from $66 to $539 out-of-pocket. He tried to manage his condition with his rescue inhaler but ...