FTC Halts In-House Court Case Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers

The Federal Trade Commission has paused an enforcement action alleging pharmacy benefit managers used illegal rebate programs that spiked the price of insulin.

In a Tuesday order, the agency’s general counsel, Lucas Croslow, cited a lack of sitting commissioners able to participate in the matter, which is before an administrative court. Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Melissa Holyoak are both recused.

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya—two Democratic members of the agency—were fired earlier this month by President Donald Trump and are now suing to be reinstated.

Trump has tapped Republican lawyer Mark Meador to fill former FTC Chair ...