Shot Across The Bow? Express Scripts Lawsuit Seeks To Derail Fall-Out From FTC PBM Report

Pharmacy benefit manager sues Federal Trade Commission claiming chair Khan has orchestrated a campaign against PBMs that is not based in fact.

 
• By Cathy Kelly
  
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Pharmacy benefit manager sues Federal Trade Commission claiming chair Khan has orchestrated a campaign against PBMs that is not based in fact.

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Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts is seeking a court order “recusing” Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan from overseeing further commission action involving the company because she has demonstrated an unfair bias in her approach to investigating the industry.

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  • Express Scripts lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission seeks to vacate the commission’s interim report on its PBM investigation and “recuse” chair Lina Khan from  participating in further commission action involving its business.

Express Scripts lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission seeks to vacate the commission’s interim report on its PBM investigation and...

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