Texas Federal Judge Won’t Dismiss State Trade Practice Claim For Diabetes Drugs

Mealey's (March 29, 2021, 1:56 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas federal judge on March 25 denied a motion by drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to dismiss a state deceptive trade practices claim by a county, saying discovery needs to take place into whether the county was a consumer of allegedly overpriced diabetes drugs and insulin and whether state law limits how much the county can recover from the defendants....