FTC lawsuit claims drug middlemen are manipulating insulin market
Three companies that process about 80% of prescriptions in the United States — Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx — have ...
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FTC sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs
The Federal Trade Commission said pharmacy benefit managers created a "perverse drug rebate system" that artificially ...
Federal Trade Commission accuses three drug middlemen of inflating insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it is suing three drug middlemen, accusing them of inflating insulin prices.
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Consumer Out-Of-Pocket Drug Prices Grew Faster Than Prices Faced By Insurers After Accounting For Rebates, 2007–20
One complicating factor is manufacturer rebates, which are discounts on prescription list prices provided by drug manufacturers to pharmacy benefit managers, which in turn may share some or all of ...
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Drugmakers say obesity medicine shortages are easing, but patients struggle to fill prescriptions
Bill Coombs, who lives in Boston’s South End, has lost 28 pounds since he started using the obesity drug Wegovy. But when he went to refill his prescription in late August, things didn’t go as ...
The Hill15d
Welcome to the global synthetic drug revolution
The global drug trade exhibits striking regional differences, with varying drug preferences across different parts of the world. However, a common thread unites these regions: The pervasive rise ...
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Eli Lilly's Weekly Insulin Shot Meets Two Late-Stage Study Goals
Eli Lilly LLY announced positive topline results from two phase III studies, QWINT-1 and QWINT-3, which evaluated efsitora alfa, its once-weekly administered investigational insulin, in adults ...
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Last-ditch bill would save home care middleman industry
A new push to preserve the network of middlemen brokering home health care under a popular state program is kindling in Albany. A bill set to be introduced Friday by state Sen. Gustavo Rivera aims ...
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Remove middlemen to curb food insufficiency – UI Don tells Nigerian govt
The Dean of the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Ibadan, Professor Adejoke Akinyele, has called on the federal government to eliminate the activities of middlemen in the food ...
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U.S. drugmaker makes progress on weekly insulin shot as Danish competitor stumbles: WSJ
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly announced more progress toward a once-weekly insulin shot, weeks after its Danish competitor Novo Nordisk encountered a significant setback ...
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3-in-1 blood pressure drug may be more effective than current standard care
People can get exhausted taking multiple pills during the course of the day, but we know with hypertension, many people’s blood pressure is not controlled with just one drug, so it does ...
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Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds
Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S. drug supply are still struggling to get back to where they were in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended factory inspections in the U ...