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The lawsuit, which alleges that the pharmacy benefit manager colluded with Prime Therapeutics to charge higher fees, comes weeks after an independent pharmacy association launched an investigation into PBM fees.
While Congress moves closer to pharmacy benefit manager reform with new legislation pending, "achieving large reductions in prescription drug costs" will require a different approach, says the Brookings Institution.
As the U.S. struggles with the shortages, a group of Republican governors wrote a letter to Congressional leaders, citing shortfalls of critical meds like amoxicillin and called for added transparency in the pharmaceutical supply chain.