GoodRx Sued by Independent Pharmacy Over Rebate Pricing Scheme

GoodRx Inc. orchestrated a pricing scheme that benefited it and other big pharmacy benefit managers at the expense of independent pharmacies, a proposed class action filed in federal court says.

The PBMs named in the suit as co-conspirators with GoodRx are CVS Caremark Corp., Express Scripts Holding Co., Medimpact Healthcare Systems Inc., and Navitus Health Solutions LLC. Together with GoodRx, they control 95% of the market. But in January 2024. the conspirators “agreed to an unlawful price-fixing arrangement in the United States market for generic prescription medication reimbursement to independent pharmacies,” the complaint says.

PBM’s are third party ...