Judge Nixes Class In Insureds’ Suit Claiming Pharmacy Gouged On Generic Drugs

(March 24, 2017, 2:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The variety of contracts at issue and evidence that at least some of the contracted pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) understood that a pharmacy’s usual and customary rate did not include the rate offered for generic drugs in its membership program defeat a motion for class certification of insured purchasers of generic drugs, a federal judge in California held March 21 (Christopher Corcoran, et al. v. CVS Health, et al., No. 15-3504, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40783)....