This Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens, Optum Rx — alleging 22-year-old son died after sudden $500 price spike on asthma meds. Here’s their case and how to deal with ...
His parents have now filed a lawsuit against both the pharmacy benefits-management company and Walgreens, claiming they are responsible for their son's death. The Schmidtknechts' ...
Vertex Newly Approved Pain Treatment Lands Higher Cost Tier 3 Placement In UnitedHealth's Optum Rx Formularies
Vertex's Journavx, a new non-opioid pain drug, lands Tier 3 on Optum Rx formularies. Vertex reports $2.91 billion Q4 sales.
Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug gets some UnitedHealth coverage
The Boston-based company's new medication, called Journavx, is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than ...
Vertex Pharma drops as UnitedHealth offers Tier 3 coverage for new pain medicine
Vertex Pharma (VRTX) stock slips as UnitedHealth (UNH) offers its pain drug Journavx Tier 3 coverage, setting a rivalry with ...
Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors
The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy ...
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Express Scripts, Caremark, Optum Rx plan to appeal effort to block FTC lawsuit
Express Scripts, Caremark and Optum Rx are turning to an appeals court to try to reverse a legal setback in their ongoing feud with the Federal Trade Commission. The PBMs said on Friday they will ...
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Express Scripts, Caremark, Optum Rx plan to appeal effort to block FTC lawsuit
The FTC sued Cigna-owned Express Scripts, CVS-owned Caremark and UnitedHealth-owned Optum Rx in September, arguing that the drug middlemen prefer more expensive insulin products because they ...
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FTC case against Caremark, Express Scripts, Optum Rx can move forward, judge rules
In September, the FTC sued Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx over business practices that regulators said were artificially driving up the cost of insulin. The three PBMs, which are owned by ...
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FTC's insulin case against UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna PBMs advances
In a court filing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp denied a request by CVS Health’s CVS Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx for a preliminary ...
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Company says family of Wisconsin man who died after inhaler price jumped have no grounds to sue
In the lawsuit complaint, Cole's parents, Bil and Shanon Schmidtknecht, allege both OptumRx and Walgreens were negligent and bear responsibility for their son's death. Five days before Cole's ...