On April 16, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law House Bill 1150, now Act 624 (the Act), making Arkansas the first state in the nation to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from acquiring or...more
5/7/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Competition ,
Drug Pricing ,
Healthcare ,
New Legislation ,
Permits ,
Pharmacies ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
State and Local Government
On January 14, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Office of Policy Planning released a second Interim Staff Report titled Specialty Generic Drugs: A Growing Profit Center for Vertically Integrated Pharmacy Benefit...more
1/24/2025
/ Competition ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Drug Pricing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Health Insurance ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reimbursements
The PBM regulatory landscape continues to evolve rapidly at both federal and state levels, making it critical for our clients involved in the PBM space to stay apprised of developments in the industry. Our team actively...more
On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden released an Executive Order “to promote competition in the American economy” and to “to reduce the trend of corporate consolidation” (the "Order"). As part of this Order, the Biden...more
7/20/2021
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Biosimilars ,
Competition ,
CREATE Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
USPTO
Last week, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and independent pharmacy representatives provided testimony to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law in a congressional hearing examining...more
The health care industry is familiar with the FTC’s enforcement presence for anticompetitive business practices in health care markets. But in a case involving the market for teeth-whitening services in North Carolina, it...more