Express Scripts, Caremark, Optum Rx plan to appeal effort to block FTC lawsuit
The “Big Three” PBMs are kicking their suit up to the 8th Circuit and, in the meantime, are once again asking a Missouri ...
Company says family of Wisconsin man who died after inhaler price jumped have no grounds to sue
Optum Rx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the family of Cole ...
Man dies of asthma attack after inhaler cost skyrockets to more than $500
United Health Group’s pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, stopped covering Cole Schmidtknecht’s ‘life-changing’ inhaler, suit ...
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Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, claims son died from rising cost of asthma meds
The Schmidtknechts allege that pharmacy benefits management company OptumRX violated Wisconsin law by raising the cost of the medication without a valid medical reason and failing to provide 30 ...
OptumRX responds to Wisconsin family’s lawsuit for asthma death
It's the first time we're hearing from one of the plaintiffs accused of raising the price of an asthma inhaler out of reach ...
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FTC's insulin case against UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna PBMs advances
A federal judge denied a bid by CVS Health, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group to block the Federal Trade Commission's pricing case ...
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FTC case against PBMs can move forward, judge rules
A Missouri district court judge said stopping the FTC’s suit against Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx would be “against ...
ARS Pharmaceuticals says OptumRx, Cigna, Navitus add neffy to formularies
ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY) announced that Cigna Healthcare, Navitus Health Systems and OptumRx, through their Group ...
This Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens, Optum Rx after their 22-year-old son died of asthma attack
In January 2024, 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht went to Walgreens to fill a prescription for an asthma inhaler. He was told ...
Couple sues Walgreens and Optum Rx over son’s death after $500 price rise for asthma meds
A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits company alleging their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 jump in the cost of his asthma medication ...
What to know about the 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after his inhaler price spiked to $539
Diagnosed with asthma as a baby, Cole Schmidtknecht took the inhaler daily as a preventive medication since he was about 13, ...
FTC case against Caremark, Express Scripts, Optum Rx can move forward, judge rules
A Missouri district court judge on Tuesday said stopping the FTC’s suit against the Big Three PBMs would be “against the ...