Drug companies’ price transparency reports paint murky picture

Drug companies’ price transparency reports paint murky picture

Over the past decade, pharmaceutical companies have released carefully curated “price transparency” reports that make it appear the prices of their medicines are barely increasing — or even going down.  But the reports disclose no pricing information about specific drugs, manipulating the reality of how much Americans spend on prescription drugs.  If anything, experts say,…

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Judge blocks law barring companies from owning PBMs and pharmacies in Arkansas

Judge blocks law barring companies from owning PBMs and pharmacies in Arkansas

In a closely watched case, a U.S. federal court judge has temporarily blocked a first-in-the-nation law that would prohibit companies that own pharmacy benefit managers from also operating both retail and mail-order pharmacies in Arkansas. The state law is designed to eliminate concerns that the largest pharmacy benefit managers — which are controlled by CVS Health,…

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