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A Case For Transparency: J&J Suit Targets Opaque PBM Affiliate’s Efforts To Exploit Copay Programs

 
• By Cathy Kelly

Lawsuit highlights the lack of transparency into pharmacy benefit manager activities and how their programs can influence drug pricing. A Senate hearing on PBMs held shows increasing momentum behind a Federal Trade Commission study on potential anti-competitive activity in the market sector.

It's Tough To Reform What You Can't See • Source: Alamy

Johnson & Johnson is seeking an injunction barring an under-the-radar drug copay program administered by SaveOnSP LLC from continuing to “pilfer tens of millions of dollars” from J&J’s patient assistance program for its own financial benefit and those of its payer clients, according to a complaint filed in US federal court for the District of New Jersey 4 May.

SaveOnSP operates the program in partnership with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Company and its Accredo specialty pharmacy,...

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