CVS Escapes Defunct Hospital’s Antitrust Suit Over Drug Pricing

CVS Health Corp. convinced a judge to toss antitrust claims brought by a former hospital that alleges the company forced it to purchase services from its Wellpartner subsidiary in order to gain drug price savings through a federal program.

Judge Mia Roberts Perez of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in a Feb. 26 order and opinion granted CVS’s motion to dismiss, saying she agreed with the company’s assertion that claims by plaintiff Brandywine Hospital were “conclusory” and failed to show anticompetitive effects.

CVS, one of country’s largest pharmacy benefits managers, is the target of antitrust ...