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The prescription drug discount and digital health specialist delivered results that weren't as bad as investors had feared.

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Wednesday announced it is launching an investigation into PBMs, a long-desired move that NCPA fully supports. Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on the three largest PBMs – CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx – to provide documents, communications, and information related to their practices that distort the market and limit high-quality care for patients.

And new details emerge on the mysterious Havana syndrome.

House Republicans are investigating pharmacy-benefit managers, middlemen in drug price negotiations, over whether they create unnecessary costs for prescription drugs.

AmerisourceBergen is a prime supplier of pharmaceuticals and related services. Here is the rundown of the top AmerisourceBergen government contracts.

The largest six pharmacy benefit managers are being scrutinized by the Federal Trade Commission, while Congress is debating the Pharmacy Benefit Transparency Act. Meanwhile, states have their own ideas for reining in what they see as excesses of the industry. With all this heat, what is the message from the head of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association?

Former Cigna executive Amy Bricker is being temporarily blocked from beginning her new job at CVS Health, pending the outcome of a lawsuit over Cigna's noncompete agreement, according to a restraining order filed in a Missouri district court. Until recently, Bricker had served as head of Express Scripts, Cigna's pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary. Bricker had been slated to

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Cigna won a temporary injunction preventing former Express Scripts President Amy Bricker from working at CVS Health.

A growing number of cystic fibrosis patients are struggling with drug costs due to a battle between drugmakers and insurers.