Pharmacy benefit managers inflated drug prices by $7.3B

FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 billion in revenue.
Largest Pharmacy-Benefit Managers Hiked Up Drug Prices, FTC Says
The largest pharmacy-benefit managers hiked the prices of dozens of drugs dispensed through their own pharmacies, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission released on Tuesday.The markups helped the PBMs reap $7.
Report: 'Pharmacy Benefit Managers' profited billions by raising prices of 'specialty drugs'
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which represents PBM's, called the FTC report baseless and "without substantiating evidence."
US FTC finds major pharmacy benefit managers inflated drug prices for $7.3 billion gain
The nation's three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain medicines, including for heart disease, cancer and HIV, at their affiliated pharmacies, the U.S.
Pharmacy Benefits Managers Netted Extra $7.3 Billion by Inflating Drug Prices: FTC
A report published Tuesday shows hundreds and thousands of percent markups on HIV, hypertension and cancer drugs for Medicare and commercial claims alike.
Another FTC report is highly critical of pharmacy benefit managers
In the debate over the high cost of prescription drugs, pharmacy benefit managers are hotly contested. PBMs, the middlemen in many prescription drug transa
Pharmacy benefit managers marked up drug prices by $7.3B, new reports finds
A new FTC report blames Pharmacy Benefit Managers for marking up specialty drug prices, profiting $7.3 billion from cancer and HIV treatments between 2017-2022.
Pharmacy benefit managers have become too powerful
Pharmacy benefit managers make decisions about medication access that aren’t always based on the best interests of patients.
FTC says pharmacy benefits managers marked-up generic drug prices for $7.3bn gain
Regulator’s report finds companies ‘hiked costs’ for a range of medicines, including cancer and HIV treatments
FTC: Pharmacy managers inflated drug prices by $7.3 billion
WASHINGTON >> The nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain medicines, including for heart disease, cancer and HIV, at their affiliated pharmacies,
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