Express Scripts To Pay $9.5M in Multistate Settlement
California is among 28 states that will receive a total of $9.5 million from Express Scripts over allegations that the pharmacy benefits manager misled consumers when it encouraged physicians to switch patients' cholesterol drug brands to control costs. In February, rival benefits manager Caremark agreed to a similar $38.5 million multistate settlement.
- "Express Scripts To Pay $9.5 Million in Settlement" (Jewell, AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/28).