by Dr Simone | Feb 15, 2020 | Big Pharma, Health Policy, Healthcare Costs, Pharmacy Benefit Managers
50% of the money spent on brand name medicines in 2018 went to hospitals, health insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, the government, and others – increasing from $24.7 billion to $48.6 billion between 2013 and 2018.
by Dr Simone | May 13, 2019 | Big Pharma, Charles B SimoneMD, Dr Simone, Dr Simone Report, Pharmacy Benefit Managers
43 states are suing 20 Big Pharma companies, 11 of which are in New Jersey, for price-fixing conspiracy accounting for billions of dollars profit in the United States.
by Dr Simone | Jul 15, 2018 | Big Pharma, Pharmacy Benefit Managers
PBMs are supposed to negotiate drug prices down, but their conflict of interest is enormous.