Drug Topics February 28, 2020
In new comments to the US government, several pharmacy groups say that mergers of major companies, such as CVS Health and Aetna, have had significant anticompetitive effects without improving the cost and quality of health care.
The Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, and National Community Pharmacists Association collectively urged for antitrust policy reform in a joint comment to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
Earlier this year, the agencies proposed new guidelines for determining how to evaluate and whether to approve potential mergers seeking to combine companies that don’t compete with one another, but operate in the same supply chain.2
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