STAT July 10, 2024
Ed Silverman

The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue the three largest pharmacy benefit managers over their negotiating tactics for various medicines, including insulin, that pushed patients toward higher-priced treatments, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The step comes after the agency this week released a scathing report that found the three largest PBMs — Express Scripts, Caremark, and OptumRx — processed nearly 80% of the roughly 6.6 billion prescriptions that were dispensed by U.S. pharmacies in 2023. The FTC said its...

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