Mark Merritt, the CEO of Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, the trade association that
represents pharmacy benefits managers like Express Scripts, which recently partnered with Imprimis to provide its compounded version of Daraprim at a cheaper cost, made it very clear that he would rather see generic competition than compounded versions.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which
represents pharmacy benefit managers, also said it was unfair to place blame on payers who can not control the prices drugmakers set.
Currently
representing pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts in a $ 15 billion contract dispute with its largest client, Anthem, as well as a related ERISA class action brought by members of Anthem health plans.
Not exact matches
List prices don't
represent prices paid by insurance companies and
pharmacy benefits managers, which in turn don't
represent the prices ultimately paid by patients.
The acquisition by CVS, rooted in storefront
pharmacies and now a
pharmacy benefits manager, would
represent a new direction in the changing health care industry.