Health Insurer, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Must Comply With EpiPen MDL Subpoenas

Mealey's (June 6, 2018, 11:10 AM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas magistrate judge overseeing the EpiPen multidistrict litigation on May 31 ordered nonparty United Healthcare Services Inc. and its pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx. Inc. to produce rebate and incentive information that plaintiffs say may show anti-competitive practices with EpiPen manufacturer Mylan N.V. (In Re:  EpiPen [Epinephrine Injection, USP] Sales Practices and Antitrust Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2785, No. 17-md-2785, United Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Consumer Class Plaintiffs, No. 18-md-205, D. Kan.)....