Prime Therapeutics Defeats Oklahoma Pharmacy’s State-Law Claims

An Oklahoma pharmacy lost its suit against a pharmacy benefits manager that threatened to drop the pharmacy from its network, because related state laws don’t allow the pharmacy to sue, a federal trial court said.

The Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act and Patient’s Right to Pharmacy Choice Act don’t give Shattuck Pharmacy Management PC a private right of action, as the laws weren’t adopted for the “especial benefit” of pharmacies, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma said.

The laws also gave no indication—explicit or implicit—that lawmakers intended to allow private parties to sue for their violation, the ...