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Saturday, July 27, 2024

A PBM Oligopoly: Three Companies Control 80% Of US Prescriptions – How Can We Fix It? Rita Numerof Contributor I write about business model strategy and execution across healthcare.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ritanumerof/2024/07/26/a-pbm-oligopoly-three-companies-control-80-of-us-prescriptions--how-can-we-fix-it/ 

 

House lawmakers slam pharmacy middlemen over sky ...

4 days ago — “On one hand we have PBMs claiming to reduce prescription drug prices, and on the other hand we have the Federal Trade Commission, we have major media outlets ...
Jul 9, 2024 — PBMs, which serve as middlemen in the drug supply chain by negotiating rebates with drug manufacturers on behalf of insurers, large employers and others, could ...

 

FTC Releases Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug ...

Jul 9, 2024 — Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBM) · Health Care · Prescription Drugs. The Federal Trade Commission today published an interim report on the prescription drug ...

 

Oversight Committee Exposes How PBMs Undermine ...

4 days ago — At the hearing, Republicans and Democrats pressed Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) chief executives on their role in rising prescription drug costs. Lawmakers ...

 

Texas bought execution drug from compound pharmacy

Jul 11, 2024 — Texas bought execution drugs from a compounding pharmacy that's fielded multiple safety and cleanliness violations, NPR reports.

 

Upstate Pharmacist Sentenced for Unlawfully ...

2 days ago — Upstate Pharmacist Sentenced for Unlawfully Compounding Radioactive Drugs ... GREENVILLE, S.C. —Richard A. Sheriff, 73, of Easley, has pleaded guilty to ...

 

How a pharmacy prepared drugs for Texas' executions

Jul 10, 2024 — ... compounding pharmacies to prepare their supplies of execution dru