Senator: C-THRU bill ‘shines light’ on drug pricing

March 16, 2017 by Chain Drug Review B. Douglas Hoey, C-THRU, Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked Act, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, PBMs, PCMA, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, pharmacy benefit managers, prescription drug pricing, Ron Wyden Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) has introduced the Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked Act (C-THRU), aimed at bringing more visibility into prescription drug pricing by pharmacy benefit managers. The C-THRU legislation, initiated Wednesday in the Senate Finance Committee, would require PBMs serving Medicare Part D plans to disclose the aggregate rebates