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The intermediaries in the prescription drug supply chain are stuck between a rock and a hard place, facing congressional scrutiny and pharmaceutical-industry-backed efforts to reform the multibillion-dollar industry. Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have emerged as a bipartisan target in a divided Congress. Members across the aisle have introduced at least a dozen bills so far…

The Racine Unified School District will have a new pharmacy benefit manager starting in January.

FALLS CHURCH — The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Virginia may receive emergency prescription refills now through Oct.

/PRNewswire/ -- Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits provider of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), is investing $1 million in national and community-based...

A special master overseeing opioid litigation is resisting a request to step down after he mistakenly sent lawyers a “reply all” email with private notes to himself.

The Racine Unified School District Board is scheduled to appoint two new members during its business meeting Monday.

The special master overseeing the massive opioid multidistrict litigation against pharmacy benefit managers OptumRX Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. is fighting a disqualification bid filed following his reply-all flub, telling an Ohio federal judge on Thursday that it is "hokey" but true that every day he reminds himself of the role's "honor and privilege."

Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health insurance program and

The planned acquisition of Hostess Brands by J.M. Smucker is the latest in a series of food mergers.

The House Committee members examined pricing tactics by PBMs and how they are harming patients across the country.