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 

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 […]