Antitrust

WebWire The American Medical Association (AMA) today published a  new annual analysis  (PDF) measuring competition in pharmacy benefit...

May 27, 2025 Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force  United States Department of Justice  950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW  Washington, DC 20530 Re: Anticompetitive Practices by Vertically Integrated Health Insurers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers Dear Members of the Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force: I am writing on behalf of the independent pharmacy members of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) to bring to your attention the urgent need for antitrust enforcem

Let’s cut the nonsense: pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) aren’t just shady middlemen—they’re operating a masterclass in anti-competitive...

Ohio Capital Journal reporter: Marty Schladen Huge health conglomerates have another reason to worry that their business model might be disrupted. On a visit to Columbus Monday, one of the country’s top antitrust watchdogs said her agency is taking a hard look at the businesses and their practices. Doha Mekki, the No. 2 official in the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, said her agency is investigating whether it should take action in the health care space generall

Forbes After two years of research, the Federal Trade Commission's recent interim report on Pharmacy Benefit Managers has...

State AGs are forging ahead with price-fixing lawsuits FTC appears poised to file its own lawsuit against PBMs Bloomberg Law States are...

Ohio Capital Journal Pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers deny claims that they’re responsible for the inflating cost of...

July 25, 2024 Chairwoman Lina Khan is the embodiment of the FTC's mission to protect the public from anticompetitive and deceptive business practices, and unfair methods of competition. She is a champion of patients and healthcare professionals against abusive and monopolistic control of the healthcare system. PUTT supports Chair Khan, DOJ Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, and the FTC Commissioners in continuing to investigate violations by the largest pharmacy bene

Los Angeles Times In 2022, an executive of a big pharmacy middleman firm acknowledged the noxious reality of its business model: It was...

Yahoo Finance The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking to take legal action against the three largest pharmacy benefit managers...

The New England Journal of Medicine To download a PDF of this article, click here UnitedHealth Group has recently come under fire. In...

Modern Healthcare Drug middlemen paid their own mail-order pharmacies as much as 200 times more than the price at rival pharmacies for...

Justice Department poised to bring civil, criminal cases Enforcers expected to focus on data-sharing, use of AI Bloomberg Law The Justice...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently launched a task force on healthcare monopolies. Experts have varying opinions on how it will...

Drug Channels It's time for Drug Channels’ annual update of vertical integration among insurers, PBMs, specialty pharmacies, and...

Forbes Following an enormous cyberattack on a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the Senate Finance Committee has called the company's...

McKnights Senior Living Long-term care resident access to prescription drugs is being squeezed as several market and regulatory factors...

The Partnership for Safe Medicines Whether it’s N95 masks, airbags, or helmets, demand for a product that the legitimate market cannot...

The Pharmacist Activist CVS announced today that it is changing its official corporate name to SVC Wealth. Spokesman Mickey D. Angelo...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan joins Jon Stewart to discuss her work with the “small but...