Arkansas bill would force separation between PBMs and pharmacies

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An Arkansas invoice that may prohibit pharmacy profit managers from working retail and mail-order pharmacies was handed by the state senate and is now headed to Gov. Sarah Sanders, the primary time such a invoice has gotten this far down the legislative path in america.

The invoice is designed to eradicate what state — and a few federal — lawmakers have referred to as a battle of curiosity that has compelled residents to pay extra for medicines and hastened the demise of impartial pharmacies. And it arrives as scrutiny of pharmacy profit managers and their position within the opaque pricing of pharmaceuticals has elevated dramatically. A spokesman for Sanders declined to say whether or not she would signal the invoice and, if that’s the case, when.