Louisiana AG Murrill sues Express Scripts over drug pricing and pharmacy competition
The state says the companies used market power and an unlawful deal with Prime Therapeutics to raise drug prices and squeeze independent pharmacies.
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AG takes on Pharmacy Benefits Manager | Pelican Post - Online Newspaper
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is taking on one of the most powerful forces in the American healthcare system, filing a lawsuit against Express Scripts, Inc. and its affiliate Ascent Health Services, LLC for manipulating the prescription drug marketplace at the expense of Louisiana families, patients, and independent pharmacies. Express Scripts and its partners used […] The post AG takes on Pharmacy Benefits Manager first appeared on Pel…
Louisiana AG Liz Murrill sues Express Scripts, arguing it is driving up prescription drug prices
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has sued Express Scripts, adding another front to her campaign against the pharmacy benefit managers she blames for artificially driving up the price of prescription drugs.
Louisiana AG Murrill sues Express Scripts over drug pricing and pharmacy competition
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts Inc. and its affiliate Ascent Health Services LLC, accusing them of manipulating the prescription drug marketplace at the expense of Louisiana patients and independent pharmacies.The state argues Express Scripts used its market power to restrict competition, manipulate pharmacy reimbursement rates, conceal profits and steer patients toward pharmacies…
Louisiana AG Sues Express Scripts Over Drug Prices
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit on August 31 accusing Express Scripts of artificially driving up prescription drug prices across the state, naming the pharmacy benefit manager and its affiliate Ascent Health Services as defendants. The suit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana, argues that a 2019 agreement between Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics amounts to a naked price-fixing arrangement tha…
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