A bipartisan coalition of 39 AGs sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the swift passage of the Combatting Illicit Xylazine Act, which would provide resources to fight the recent uptick in overdoses and deaths caused by use of the street drug. Xylazine is manufactured for use as a non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer for large animals,…

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Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell settled with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to resolve allegations that the company billed payors of workers’ compensation claims for prescription drugs in excess of amounts permitted by Massachusetts workers’ compensation laws and regulations. According to the settlement, AG Campbell alleges that various CVS locations in the Commonwealth failed to follow prescription pricing…

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New York AG Letitia James reached agreements with Eli Lilly and Company and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC to resolve an investigation into insulin pricing practices which found that the list prices set by insulin manufacturers have increased dramatically over the past two decades, and make the product unaffordable to many insulin users.

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A group of 23 Democratic AGs sent a letter to CVS Heath and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., sharing their support for the companies’ recent announcements that they would become certified to sell mifepristone and misoprostol, drugs used in medication abortions, in their retail pharmacies. The announcements followed the FDA’s change to its regulations to allow…

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California AG Rob Bonta settled with pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Centene Corporation and its subsidiaries in connection with alleged overcharges by Centene to California’s Medi-Cal program. AG Bonta alleges that Centene overcharged the Medi-Cal system by reporting inflated prescription drug costs. In particular, he alleges that Centene leveraged its PBM contracts to save its managed…

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