"J&J Accuses Big Health Insurer of Helping Drain Its Drug Copay Funds; Pharmaceutical Company Claims Cigna Units Worked With SaveOn and Caused It to Pay More Than $100 Million in Copay Assistance Than It Would Have Otherwise" - WSJ

Benzinga · 04:33

Johnson & Johnson has sued divisions of health insurer Cigna, accusing them of working with a drug-benefit middleman to drain J&J financial-assistance funds earmarked for patients taking some of its pricier drugs.

The move by J&J widens litigation the healthcare giant initiated in 2022 against a middleman, SaveOnSP LLC, and is a new flare-up of long-running tension over drug prices among manufacturers, insurers, pharmacy-benefit managers and other middlemen in recent years.

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"J&J Accuses Big Health Insurer of Helping Drain Its Drug Copay Funds; Pharmaceutical Company Claims Cigna Units Worked With SaveOn and Caused It to Pay More Than $100 Million in Copay Assistance Than It Would Have Otherwise" - WSJ

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