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Senate Hearing Exposes PBM Insulin Profiteering: 75% of Sales Go to Rebates and Fees

| Importance: 9/10

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a historic hearing bringing together CEOs of major insulin manufacturers (Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi) and executives from the three largest PBMs (CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, OptumRx) to examine soaring insulin prices. …

Bernie Sanders Senate HELP Committee Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen Paul Hudson Heather Cianfrocco +6 more healthcare pbm pharmacy insulin drug-pricing +2 more
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Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi Sued for Insulin Price-Fixing Conspiracy as Prices Rise 300%+

| Importance: 9/10

In January 2017, diabetes patients filed a federal antitrust class action lawsuit alleging that the three pharmaceutical manufacturers controlling 99% of the U.S. insulin market—Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi—conspired to raise insulin prices in near-lockstep coordination, increasing prices by …

Eli Lilly Novo Nordisk Sanofi CVS Caremark Express Scripts +1 more healthcare pharmaceutical-price-gouging antitrust corporate-crime regulatory-capture
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Insulin Prices Begin Tripling 2002-2013 as Three Manufacturers Control 99% of Market - From $231 to $762 Annually

| Importance: 9/10

The average price of insulin in the United States began a decade-long tripling from $231 per patient annually in 2002 to $762 in 2013, according to congressional hearing data—with some patients paying up to $900 per month for insulin products that cost $4.34 per milliliter in 2002 but reached $12.92 …

Eli Lilly Novo Nordisk Sanofi Congressional Diabetes Caucus Big Pharma pharmaceutical-industry drug-pricing healthcare monopoly insulin-crisis +1 more
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