Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced on June 24 that she has filed three separate lawsuits against pharmacy chain CVS, accusing it of engaging in unfair, deceptive, and unlawful practices that have “harmed Louisiana patients, independent pharmacies, and the public at large.”
The lawsuits were filed against CVS Health Corp, CaremarkPCS Health LLC, and their affiliated entities in central Louisiana’s St. Landry Parish.
Murrill said Louisiana is seeking both injunctive relief and restitution.
One of the complaints alleges that CVS’s pharmacy benefit management (PMB) unit, CVS Caremark, “controls multiple, interlocking stages of the pharmaceutical supply and reimbursement chain—from insurance to drug pricing, to pharmacy distribution and dispensing.”…