UnitedHealth, CVS Caremark Survive Unfair Insulin Pricing Claims

Top pharmacy benefit managers UnitedHealth Group Inc., Express Scripts Inc., and CVS Caremark notched a win after a federal judge partially dismissed certain class action claims that they conspired in an unfair pricing scheme for insulin products.

The claims by the plaintiffs, which included self-funded payors and state attorneys general, are barred by an indirect purchaser rule and certain state laws, Judge Brian Martinotti for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey said in an order filed Sept. 5.

The class action alleged that top insulin drugmakers Eli Lilly & Co., Novo Nordisk AS ...