The three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) inflated the price of specialty generic drugs beyond their costs of acquisition, earning more than $7.3 billion in revenue from 2017 to 2022, according to a report issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday.

Major pharmacy-benefit managers generated $7.3 billion in markups on specialty drugs from pharmacies they are affiliated with, the FTC said in a new report.

The three biggest pharmacy benefit managers made more than $7.3 billion over five years marking up the prices of specialty generic drugs for cancer, HIV and other conditions, the Federal Trade Commission charged on Tuesday.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday released its second interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), saying the major industry middlemen generate billions in revenue through

CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically mark up specialty generic drugs to affiliated pharmacies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) uncovered in its second interim staff report rele | The FTC released its second interim staff report Tuesday during Chair Lina Khan's final open commission meeting,

Margin expansion at Express Scripts, Caremark and Optum Rx increased by $336 million between 2017 and 2021, officials say.

Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from "excess" prescription price hikes of 1,000% or more.

A new report from the Federal Trade Commission is uncovering what appears to be a major driver of the high cost of prescription drugs.

WASHINGTON >> The nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain medicines, including for heart disease, cancer and HIV, at their affiliated pharmacies,

Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in revenue from marking up the prices of dozens of specialty generic drugs between 2017 and 2022,