The latest, highly contagious variant has driven up hospitalization rates and deepened worries about waning immunity among those vaccinated or boosted months ago.
The pandemic’s true toll on mental health won’t be known for a long time, but data from the past two years indicates a rise some of it sharp in prescription drugs for conditions like A.D.H.D. and depression.
The FTC issued two orders for public comment in June 2022 settling allegations that JAB Consumer Partners’ $1.1 billion acquisition of SAGE Veterinary Partners and $1.65 billion acquisition of the parent of veterinary clinic owner Ethos violated federal antitrust laws.
As we’ve reported before, Express Scripts is facing a lawsuit under the False Claims Act on charges that they delivered pointless prescribed drugs to military personnel, bilking the federal authorities and distributors out of billions of dollars. A whistleblower claims the company’s software was allegedly set to refill 90-day prescriptions on day 60, which means that every Tricare beneficiary obtained 73 percent more tablets than prescribed over the course of 12 months. The suit was filed in a California federal courtroom in mid-2019 and unsealed earlier this month.