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Lillian Karabaic

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The biggest middleman in the prescription drug supply chain now makes drugs

May 14, 2024
With pharmaceutical mergers more common, the FTC is taking a hard look at pharmacy benefit managers and antitrust concerns.
In 2023, CVS founded Cordavis, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVS Health, to manufacture biosimilar prescription drugs.
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"Copay accumulators" put patients in middle of battle between insurers and drugmakers

Apr 11, 2024
The tactic helps insurance companies counter high drug prices, but patient advocates are working to ban them. 
“This is an arms race between drug manufacturers and plans, and they keep trying to one up each other,” said Stacie Dusetzina, a professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
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