Appellees Say Dismissal Of Class Claims Over PBM’s Pricing Should Be Affirmed

(June 12, 2018, 10:02 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge correctly dismissed Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims against the largest pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) and a health insurance provider over prescription pricing because the plaintiffs failed to prove that the health insurance provider and the PBM owed any fiduciary duty to the plaintiffs, the appellees maintain in two separate briefs filed in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal on May 30 (In re Express Scripts/Anthem ERISA Litigation, No. 18-346, 2nd Cir.)...