PBM Played Deadly Part in Addiction Epidemic
FRANKFORT, KY – Attorney General Russell Coleman has announced the filing of a lawsuit against Express Scripts, Inc. and its affiliated organizations for its role in worsening the deadly opioid crisis in Kentucky. Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is at the center of the opioid dispensing chain: contracting with the manufacturers of opioids, the pharmacies that dispense them and the third-party payors who pay for them.