Covid-19 Crisis Spurs Request to Block Oklahoma Drug Pricing Law

An Oklahoma law regulating pharmacy benefit managers like Express Scripts and OptumRx should be put on hold in light of the ongoing Covid-19 health crisis, a trade group representing the industry told a federal judge.

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association on Wednesday sought a preliminary injunction blocking Oklahoma’s enforcement of the law, which the group says will drive up prescription drug prices and “divert resources away from responding to the COVID-19 crisis.”

The group’s ongoing lawsuit against Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready, which is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, claims the law interferes ...