Republican bill seeks to curtail US FTC's merger-busting powers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's merger-busting, antitrust enforcement powers are coming under threat as conservatives ...
Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from "excess" ...
FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars
Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in ...
FTC set to sue Deere over equipment repair practices, Bloomberg News says
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has prepared a lawsuit against Deere & Co alleging the company's agricultural equipment ...
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 ...
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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 ...
PBMs made billions marking up specialty drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday released its second interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), saying ...
Will ‘click to cancel’ get canceled? New FTC rule faces legal, political challenges
It takes effect Tuesday but its fate is already in doubt. The new FTC rule faces legal challenges and possible opposition ...
Lina Khan Gives Up the Gavel After Contentious 4 Years as FTC Chair
"To my mind, all of this public input and engagement made our work sharper and helped us really set priorities and focus on ...
FTC Says CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth Abuse Middleman Role (3)
Units of CVS Health Corp., Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group Inc. charged significantly more than the national average ...
FTC Prepares to Sue Largest U.S. Apartment Landlord Over Hidden Fees
The FTC is weighing a lawsuit alleging Greystar failed to disclose fees related to trash services and background checks .
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FTC slams PBMs for boosting specialty drug prices at the expense of the U.S. health care system
For the second time in less than a year, the FTC has released a highly critical report of pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.