Healthcare Antitrust Weekly: Ohio AG Sues PBMs for Using “Rebate Aggregators” to Fix Prices; DOJ Decision Not to Litigate CVS/Signify Further Boosts Odds of Section 2 Investigation into U.S. Healthcare Behemoths

Published on Apr 05, 2023

Ohio Attorney General Sues PBMs for Price Fixing. Ohio AG Dave Yost targeted PBMs’ strategy of hiding behind “rebate aggregating” pharmaceutical group purchasing organizations in a price-fixing lawsuit filed March 27. According to the complaint “Big Three” PBM Express Scripts, owned by Cigna, created the Switzerland-based “rebate aggregator” Ascent Health Services in 2019. The lawsuit alleges that […]

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