Express Scripts, PCMA Sue to Block Tennesee Law Breaking up PBMs and Pharmacies

Express Scripts, PCMA sue to block Tennessee law breaking up PBMs and pharmacies

Express Scripts and the PBM lobby are following in CVS Caremark’s footsteps in filing complaints challenging the FAIR Rx Act, which was passed earlier this year despite vehement opposition from PBMs.

Express Scripts, PCMA sue to block Tennesee law breaking up PBMs and pharmacies

Express Scripts and the PBM lobby are following in CVS Caremark’s footsteps in filing complaints challenging the FAIR Rx Act, which was passed earlier this year despite vehement opposition from PBMs.

Tennessee Sued Again Over Pharmacy Benefits Manager Law

Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Kim Jarrett] – Another pharmaceutical company is suing Tennessee over its law that requires pharmacies to divest their benefit managers.  Express Scripts by Evernorth said Friday that if Senate Bill 2040 took effect as planned in 2028, it would be forced to close its Accredo Specialty Pharmacy’s Memphis facility. The company’s affiliated pharmacies employ more than 1,200 Tennesseans. Accredo Specialty Ph…

PCMA Files Lawsuit to Stop Harmful Tennessee Forced Pharmacy Closure Legislation

(NASHVILLE, TN) – The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee related to the unconstitutional, harmful forced pharmacy closure bill, Senate Bill 2040. After filing the lawsuit, David Marin, President and CEO of PCMA, made the following statement: “SB 2040 will hurt the very people lawmakers should be trying to protect…