August 16, 2018
An Illinois federal judge Thursday nixed a Chicago pharmacy's antitrust suit alleging a pharmacy benefits manager joined with Walgreen Co. to lock it out of Medicaid and Medicare payments, saying the pharmacy failed to show how the partnership imposed a restraint on trade.
October 20, 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday said that it should not have to face a $1.5 billion antitrust lawsuit brought against Chicago pharmacies, saying that no claims in the suit even mention the department, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.
October 19, 2017
Benefits manager Prime Therapeutics blasted a Chicago neighborhood pharmacy's request for an injunction in Illinois federal court Thursday amid a $1.5 billion antitrust lawsuit against it and Walgreens, arguing the pharmacy had no grounds to force it to do business with it.
September 26, 2017
A neighborhood pharmacy in Chicago, which has hit benefits manager Prime Therapeutics and Walgreens with a $1.5 billion antitrust suit claiming it's being muscled out of the market, told an Illinois federal court Monday that some if its customers could die if it's not able to fill prescriptions for certain insurance plans.
September 22, 2017
A neighborhood pharmacy in Chicago hit benefits manager Prime Therapeutics and Walgreens with a $1.5 billion antitrust suit in Illinois federal court on Thursday alleging they are working together to push the mom-and-pop shop out of the market through an anti-competitive agreement.