Insulin-Pricing Lawsuit Adds to Growing Pressure on PBMs

The state of California filed a lawsuit this month against three major PBMs and three pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of inflating the cost of insulin and violating the state’s Unfair Competition Law.

Other states have had similar legislation pertaining to insulin costs, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in June that it was examining the business practices of the six largest PBMs in the U.S., including the use of rebates for insulin medications. Still, David Kaufman, an attorney with Laurus Law Group LLC, tells AIS Health that the case in California could be significant and add to the growing pressure to make the PBM industry more transparent.

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Tim Casey

Tim Casey

Tim has worked as a reporter and editor for more than 20 years. Before joining AIS Health in December 2021, he was a business reporter covering the commercial real estate industry’s capital markets for four years. He previously covered health care business issues for two medical publishing companies and high school, college and professional sports for the Sacramento Bee newspaper. Tim has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

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