Category: Pharma, Life Sciences, Care

Pharmacy owner sentenced in $41 million insurance fraud case

A Dallas pharmacy owner who routinely billed insurance companies for headache sprays, pain creams and scar creams never dispersed to patients has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Pharma execs charged in $1.3 billion drug scheme

Five pharmaceutical distributor executives and five pharma sales representatives have been charged by the Department of Justice for the unlawful distribution of about 70 million opioid pills and 30 million doses of other prescription drugs – worth more…

Express Scripts sues Federal Trade Commission over PBM report

Express Scripts by Evernorth, a Cigna company, is suing the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that it retract a July report on the pharmacy benefit manager industry.

Large PBMs control 70% of the market, report finds

Newly published data suggests low competition among middling players in the pharmaceutical supply chain, with numbers showing that the four largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country control roughly 70% of the national market.

Evernorth making Stelara biosimilar available for $0 out-of-pocket

Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of Cigna, plans to have a Stelara biosimilar available for $0 out-of-pocket cost for eligible patients of its specialty pharmacy, Accredo, beginning in early 2025.