Pharmacy benefit managers should work in the best financial interest of patients when it comes to negotiating services and ...
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has reversed course on his decision to recuse himself from the agency's legal ...
Co-production deals with adalimumab biosimilar manufacturers and PBMs have increased biosimilar adoption, but this ...
With growing bipartisan support, there’s an opportunity to tackle these issues head-on, and leaders in the healthcare space ...
Independent pharmacies are closing at an alarming rate across the county, with many owners pointing the finger at Pharmacy ...
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) should work in the best financial interest of patients when it comes to negotiating services ...
A report by the Federal Trade Commission released last summer found that through vertical integration and ... officials must prioritize meaningful PBM reform. Thankfully, several legislators ...
and Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn. "As a life-long pharmacist, I know first-hand how unchecked PBM consolidation and vertical integration have allowed these shadowy middlemen to self-deal and ...
Vertical integration refers to when one company owns multiple parts of a certain supply chain, such as a company owning all or part of a PBM, a pharmacy and a drug manufacturer. Under the bill ...
Scott, AMA president, said in a September statement, “as a check against possible anticompetitive harm resulting from low competition and high vertical integration in the PBM industry.” ...