{
  "id": 10373,
  "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/ftc-secures-major-settlement-caremark-resolving-antitrust-case-against-second-drug-middleman",
  "title": "FTC Secures Major Settlement with Caremark, Resolving Antitrust Case Against Second Drug Middleman",
  "summary": "Settlement will drive down patients’ out-of-pocket costs, increase transparency and ensure community pharmacies are treated fairly The Federal Trade Commission secured a settlement agreement with one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and its affiliated entities, marking yet another important victory in the Commission’s fight to lower healthcare costs for Americans. View Press Release",
  "authors": "vgraham",
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "healthcare,transparency,biotech",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-14T12:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-15T05:10:55.633Z",
  "source_slug": "x-us-ftc-press-releases",
  "source_name": "US FTC Press Releases",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10373",
  "original_url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/ftc-secures-major-settlement-caremark-resolving-antitrust-case-against-second-drug-middleman",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}