Express Scripts Tries Beating Back Pharma Campaign Against PBMs By Floating Its Own Fixes

By John Wilkerson / August 7, 2018 at 2:31 PM
Express Scripts executives spoke to Washington health care reporters Thursday (Aug. 3) to beat back the pharmaceutical industry’s campaign to blame drug-channel middlemen for high drug prices and to highlight the pharmacy benefit manager’s recommended fixes. The company said its proposals would shield patients from high cost-sharing and help return the PBM industry to the reasonable rebate levels of around 5 percent to 10 percent that existed before 2012. Express Scripts Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Steve Miller...


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