State of Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost Attorney General of Ohio v. Ascent Health Services LLC et al

  1. June 30, 2026

    Cigna, Others Fight Ohio AG's Drug Price-Fixing Suit

    Ohio pharmacy benefit managers and their corporate parents urged a federal judge to toss the state's drug price-fixing lawsuit, saying in a series of briefs that the state is trying to skirt federal pleading standards, collapse corporate separateness and stretch Ohio's antitrust law beyond its limits.

  2. May 29, 2026

    Ohio AG Says Cigna Can't Use Sherman Act To Ax State Case

    The Ohio attorney general has urged a federal judge not to dismiss prescription drug price-fixing claims against Express Scripts, its Cigna parent and fellow pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics, arguing the companies are trying to fight his state law antitrust claims by invoking federal law standards that do not apply.

  3. April 30, 2026

    Express Scripts, Cigna Seek End To Ohio PBM Price Suit

    After the Sixth Circuit ruled that a legal dispute between Ohio and a group of pharmacy benefit managers belongs in federal court, Express Scripts and Cigna now want dismissed the lawsuit accusing them of participating in an antitrust conspiracy that is driving up prescription drug prices.