The Trump administration has paused the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against major pharmacy benefit managers after two Democratic commissioners were fired earlier this month. Why it matters: The ...

President Donald Trump last month fired FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, the only two members participating in the action.

The FTC has paused its antitrust case against major PBMs, citing a lack of commissioners. The lawsuit alleges unfair practices that inflated insulin prices.

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson is no longer recusing himself from the matter, he said two days after a leadership shakeup at the agency left the case in limbo.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against major pharmacy benefit managers, including UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, ...

The Federal Trade Commission has temporarily halted its antitrust case against several top pharmacy ... In response to the lawsuit, CVS and Express Scripts told Becker’s they have lowered ...

Ferguson said he has “decided to no longer recuse myself from the matter to ensure that the case can continue.” Ferguson added that he consulted the FTC’s ethics attorneys before arriving at ...

The firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) two remaining Democratic commissioners Wednesday could raise new, unresolved legal questions and threaten a case on pharmacy benefit managers.