FTC Downplaying Previous Concerns With Mandatory PBM Transparency
The Federal Trade Commission doesn’t want to hinder state and federal government efforts to reform pharmacy benefit managers as it continues its investigation of possible anti-competitive business practices in the industry.
With that in mind, the commission unanimously adopted a position statement July 20 that “cautions against reliance on certain of its prior advocacy statements and reports relating to the pharmacy benefit manager market.”
The three commissioners on the panel are Democratic appointees. Whether the vote would have been any different with a Republican presence on the commission is unclear, however. The FTC agreed last year to launch its broad investigation into the PBM industry with the support of two Republican commissioners.