CVS Responds to Gov. Sanders' New York Times Op-Ed About PBMs

Gov. Landry threatens special session over failed prescription drug prices bill

A pharmacy technician fills a container with pills to put into a drug dispensing machine for an automated line at a pharmacy in Midvale, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)A low heat that’s simmered for weeks over an attempt to lower prescription drug prices in Louisiana increased to a boil Thursday in the waning hours of the state legislative session, with Gov. Jeff Landry saying he will bring lawmakers back to Baton Rouge to address prescription …

CVS responds to Gov. Sanders' New York Times Op-Ed about PBMs

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — CVS Health is ramping up its campaign against a new Arkansas law that targets pharmacy benefit managers, publicly clashing with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders just hours after she defended the legislation in a guest essay for The New York Times. Act 624, signed by Sanders in April, bars companies from running both a pharmacy and a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), a model used by CVS. PBMs manage prescription drug ben…

Louisiana Senate kills pharmacy bill; Gov. Jeff Landry could call special session

With just an hour left in the regular session, the Louisiana Senate on Thursday killed a controversial bill that would have barred companies from owning both pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacies.

CVS issues rebuttal to Sanders op-ed

CVS continued its campaign against new Arkansas legislation regulating pharmacy middlemen, responding directly to an opinion piece Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders authored in the New York Times on Tuesday. ...