Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 19, 2024
LA County's opioid claims against Express Scripts, OptumRx to proceed
The County of Los Angeles sued Express Scripts Inc. and OptumRx last year, claiming that they worked with drug manufacturers to place certain opioids on their formularies -- lists of approved drugs, giving them preferential status and declining to impose limits on their approvals in exchange for kickbacks.
A Los Angeles judge has allowed claims to proceed against two pharmacy benefit managers accused of scheming with drugmakers to increase the use of opioids, fueling a drug overdose crisis that has claimed half a million lives.
The County of Los Angeles sued Express Scripts Inc. and OptumRx last year, claiming that they worked with drug manufacturers to place certain opioids on their formularies - lists of approved drugs, giving them preferential status and declining to impose limit...
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