Rising costs, technological advancements, the growing complexity of patient needs – these are all factors transforming the specialty pharma landscape at present. Optum a leader in pharmacy and ...

March 19, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optum Rx is committed to making prescription drugs more affordable and the pharmacy experience ... which matches eligible Optum Specialty patients with financial ...

Drug price middlemen are going to court to fight a first-in-the-nation effort to police their ownership of retail pharmacies ...

CVS Caremark, OptumRx, Express Scripts ... While only about 2% of people use specialty medications, these drugs account for more than half of pharmacy spending, according to Evernorth Health ...

An Optum spokesperson told MedCity News that ... generic specialty drugs and how PBM conflicts of interest in the specialty pharmacy market have resulted in excessive charges to employers ...

Optum is the largest U.S. employer of physicians ... Cigna, Aetna parent company CVS Health and Elevance Health have been increasing specialty pharmacy capabilities and eyeing the biosimilars ...

According to the Drug Channels Institute, Optum Specialty Pharmacy made up roughly 13% of overall prescription revenue from specialty drugs in the US in 2023. On the news, the stock dropped ...

The Federal Trade Commission has released its second report digging into how the business practices of pharmacy ... for Optum Rx said the company is focused on lowering the cost of specialty ...

Pharmacy benefit managers ... contending that their practices reduce drug costs. “Optum is lowering the cost of specialty medications, which comprises half of all drug expenditures, and ...