Posts Tagged ‘CVS’

Is Drug Pricing Policy Really Poised for Change?

December 10, 2023 — Something’s gotta give. In health policy, angst about drug pricing is a constant. Businesses that spend billions to discover and develop new drugs need prices that will be sufficient to pay back the costs incurred for the drugs that succeed, plus the costs of many more that fail. But those prices drive ever higher costs […]

Who Benefits from Pharmacy Benefit Managers?

November 15, 2023 — A trip into the world of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) is enough to make our heads spin. It leads us to wonder: exactly who benefits from pharmacy benefit managers? The answer is not clear, but it seems obvious that patients in need of affordable medicine do not. In Search of a Fair Deal The biggest […]

Drug Prices? Not My Fault, Say PBMs and Pharma

May 12, 2023 — Don’t look at me! That’s basically how it went at a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday. Top executives from PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) and the three pharma companies selling insulin testified to suggest they’re doing everything they possibly can to keep drug prices low. PBMs point the finger at pharma. Pharma executives return the favor. Lilly […]