… (WVUE) -After intense lobbying by pharmacy giant CVS, including sending … Spitale, a pharmacist in Metairie. Pharmacy benefit managers are … drug manufacturers and pharmacies, and they decide … from PBMs, independent pharmacies are consistently shortchanged. …

… middlemen among drug stores, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies and … drug prices, but local pharmacists complain that reimbursement rates … lobbying by CVS, which sent texts to its pharmacy … was written to let pharmacy technicians work remotely under …

… information to send text messages lobbying against a state law. … companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and drug … CVS Caremark and other pharmacy managers essentially act as … complex diseases requiring specialty pharmacy care to manage their …

… she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used … send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state … companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and drug … and squeezing Main Street pharmacies,” a 2024 Federal Trade …

… prevented companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and … initially created to allow pharmacy technicians to work remotely … , CVS began a strong lobbying effort against the bill, … of prohibiting PBM ownership of pharmacies. Gov. Jeff Landry, …

… and tired of greedy pharmaceutical companies spending billions of … that the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries have lobbied to … , the drug companies have spent $8.5 billion on lobbying. Today, … is more than three lobbyists for every member of …

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says CVS went too far by using private customer data for lobbying. In response, Murrill says her office has issued a cease-and-desist letter and opened an investigation into whether CVS violated the state's Unfair …

… she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used … send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state … involving the company’s pharmaceutical benefits manager, Murrill … phone numbers to receive pharmaceutical information such as …

… CVS deployed seven lobbyists at the State Capitol … Baton Rouge for direct lobbying. The text message … Images Independent pharmacists present different data. Metairie pharmacist Ella … reimbursement rates for independent pharmacies while directing customers …

… she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used … send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state … companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and drug … phone numbers to receive pharmaceutical information such as vaccine …