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AHF Cheers Supreme Court ‘Rutledge’ Ruling Allowing States to Regulate PBMs

The Pharma Data

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association , the Court recognized that state legislatures have important powers to regulate abuses of corporate healthcare middlemen, called Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). PBMs can exercise enormous economic leverage over pharmacies.

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To address the fentanyl crisis, greater access to methadone Is needed

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Nora's Blog

Volkow, National Institute on Drug Abuse Image ©Getty images/ seb_ra Over the past several years, the increasing prevalence of fentanyl in the drug supply has created an unprecedented overdose death rate and other devastating consequences. in that period.