(Reuters) - Express Scripts Inc said it agreed to cut the termination fee on its pending $29 billion takeover of Medco Health Solutions Inc . In a regulatory filing on Tuesday, Express Scripts said ...

Nation's largest Pharmacy Benefits Manager accused of gaming its drug formulary and withholding billions in rebates from PBM customers.

1. FTC Secures Landmark Settlement with Express Scripts to Lower Drug Costs for American Patients. United States Federal Trade Commission. February 4, 2026. Accessed February 5, 2026.

The FTC's landmark settlement forces Express Scripts PBM to overhaul practices, banning the preference of expensive insulin over cheaper equivalents on drug formularies.

Pharmacy benefit managers, which set how drugs are covered by health insurance, have faced a decade of scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers over pricing.

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

The settlement comes after years of meetings between NCPA and FTC staff, during which NCPA’s legal team educated government lawyers on the many egregious PBM practices that squash competition, reduce ...

Cigna is hoping the settlement it reached with regulators paired with recent legislation will mollify calls to reform PBMs — without affecting Express Scripts’ profitability.

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Cigna Corp's Express Scripts has settled the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's claims its insulin pricing practices violated antitrust and consumer protection laws, and agreed to ...

Canadian officials have obtained a court order that requires Express Scripts to produce documents in connection with an investigation into whether the pharmacy benefits manager violated antitrust laws ...