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As employers brace for a fresh round of rising healthcare costs that outpace inflation, the stakes are getting higher for companies to contain spending on treatments such as popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss.
The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with CVS Health’s pharmacy benefit manager business on Tuesday, the agency’s second major agreement this year with drug industry middlemen. Pharmacy-benefit managers, or PBMs, play a key role in negotiating with drug companies and selecting which prescription drugs will be covered by an insurance plan. In litigation filed in 2024 during the Biden administration, the commission alleged that rebates and fees collected by major PBMs from drug manufacturers artificially inflated the price of insulin.
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher on the heels of the third straight day of stock declines, and there is growing apprehension that yields will go even higher and that inflation may as well. All of the major indices finished Tuesday lower, and with Q1 earnings all but over and the incoming economic data ... Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: BJ’s Wholesale Club, Centene, Cigna, Crown Castle, ETSY, Franco-Nevada, Humana, Ovintiv, X-Energy, and More
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.87%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -0.16%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
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