"This combination will expand the innovative specialty pharmacy and infusion solutions OptumRx can offer to the consumers and clients we serve," said John Prince, the chief executive of OptumRx, a ...

A decade since the first biosimilar medicine reached the U.S. market, pharmacy benefit managers are getting serious about these lower-cost versions of biologic drugs. CVS Caremark, OptumRx ...

Amjevita and Wezlana are available at both high and low list prices. As of January 1, 2025, OptumRx ... a drug], the PBM, which creates the formulary and prefers it, and the specialty pharmacy ...

Optum Rx announced Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, initially focusing on 80 drugs ... pairs eligible specialty pharmacy customers with financial resources and ...

March 19, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optum Rx is committed to making prescription drugs more affordable and the pharmacy experience ... and pharmacists to expand the list over time.

The “big three” pharmacy benefit managers have imposed markups ranging from 100% to more than 7,000% on generic specialty ... a rebate based on the list price of the drug is critical to ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Drug distributor Cardinal Health on Thursday raised its fiscal 2025 adjusted profit forecast as strong demand for costly specialty ... Group's pharmacy benefit management unit ...

The FTC detailed how pharmacy benefit managers significantly mark up specialty generic drugs and steer many to ... in the United States — Optum (a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group), Caremark ...

The pressure against pharmacy ... on prescription drug middlemen. The report examines the impact of PBMs (specifically CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx) on specialty generic drugs ...

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 ...

industry dominance and marking up the prices of specialty drugs. The report specifically looked at the business practices of the Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx, which are in turn owned ...