Consumer Driven Health Care

The pharmaceutical giant sued Strive and several other compounders for distributing products containing tirzepatide, the primary ingredient in Lilly's GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes medications.

Not unlike many issues affecting public health, socio-economic factors play an important role in improved health.

"We have seen a surge in federal agency enforcement, new rulemaking and litigation, as well as ongoing state developments that both challenge and reinforce these federal efforts," Laura Hancock, ERISA compliance and state law attorney for Lockton, wrote in a new report.

The drug company is expected to announce across-the-board reductions on US prices, with Americans enrolled in the US Medicaid insurance program receiving "most favored nation" pricing on some Pfizer medicines.

The main lobbying group that represents so-called pharmacy benefit managers, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, has drafted proposals to bring to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The 340B ACCESS Act, introduced in the House by Reps. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., and Diana Harshberger, R-Tenn, would establish critical oversight and transparency in the 340B program while providing clear, practical and achievable solutions.