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Lawmakers push for action on drug costs

May 18, 2017 by Chain Drug Review Amy Klobuchar, Chuck Grassley, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, Jan Schakowsky, John McCain, Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget, prescription drug costs, prescription drug importation from Canada, prescription drug market, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, Tammy Baldwin, Tom Price Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WASHINGTON — Sens. John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.) this week reintroduced the Fair Accountability and Innovative Research (FAIR) Drug Pricing Act, aimed at improving cost transparency for pharmaceutical price hikes. The FAIR Drug Pricing Act would require drug manufacturers to notify the Department of Health

Prime Therapeutics teams up with WBA

September 12, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review Alex Gourlay, EnvisionRx, prescription drug market, Prime Therapeutics, Rite Aid, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens Boots Alliance 2016, Issue 09-12-2016, Issues, News

DEERFIELD, Ill. — The partnership of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) and pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics positions the companies to capture a larger share of the prescription drug market and better compete with such players as CVS Health. St. Paul, Minn.-based Prime, the nation’s fourth-largest PBM with 22 million members, is owned by 14