North Country Pharmacy

07/01/2025

Seeking part-time associates for pharmacy clerk position. Please contact the pharmacy department at 973-827-7340 or email info@northcountrypharmacy.com

05/27/2025

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1927041836704555262

10/21/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/business/drugstores-closing-pbm-pharmacy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TU4.INCu.-jRQQeOMrUI0&smid=url-share

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.

10/17/2024

https://www.reuters.com/legal/blue-cross-blue-shield-agrees-pay-28-bln-settle-us-health-provider-class-action-2024-10-14/

Insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $2.8 billion to resolve antitrust class action claims by hospital systems, physicians and other health providers alleging they were underpaid for reimbursements, the plaintiffs said in an Alabama federal court filing on Monday.

10/15/2024

https://x.com/APRxNews/status/1846200300396314723

09/24/2024

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Rrjgkx/

17.5K likes, 993 comments. “FTC Chair Lina Khan shows Lesley Stahl an asthma inhaler that costs dollars in Europe but hundreds in the U.S. She says drugmakers register patents on inhaler parts like the cap-strap to keep low-cost generics off the market.”

09/23/2024

Love her

At the Federal Trade Commission, Chair Lina Khan's mission is breaking illegal monopolies, blocking mergers that stifle competition, and protecting consumers.

09/20/2024

FTC Sues Drug Middlemen Over Manipulating Insulin Market

The US Federal Trade Commission sued units of CVS Health Corp., Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group Inc. on Friday, accusing the drug middlemen of engaging in illegal rebate programs that drove up the price of insulin.

09/19/2024

https://x.com/RepAuchincloss/status/1836794982281216170

07/15/2024

https://www.centerforbiosimilars.com/view/biorationality-time-to-get-rid-of-pbms-if-biosimilars-are-to-succeed

Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, discusses the challenges with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that plague the biosimilar industry and new legislation that attempts to reform their practices and encourage biosimilar adoption.

07/11/2024

The New England Journal of MedicineTo download a PDF of this article, click hereUnitedHealth Group has recently come under fire. In February 2024, a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the medical claims clearinghouse owned by UnitedHealth, created a cash-flow crisis for hospitals, medical pract...

07/11/2024

About Time!!!

Antitrust regulators are poised to file suit against CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx over how they negotiate discounts for drugs, including insulin, according to the report.