Celine Castronuovo
State Health Trends Reporter at Bloomberg Law
Reporter @blaw covering state health trends | past: @thehill @VOANews @smpagwu | [email protected] | Retweets ≠ endorsements | she/her 🏳️🌈
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news.bloomberglaw.com | Celine Castronuovo
COURT: E.D. Ark. DOCKET: No. 4:25-cv-00520A first-of-its kind Arkansas law prohibiting companies that manage prescription drug benefits from acquiring pharmacies unconstitutionally limits commercial activities and patient choice, Express Scripts argued in a lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday. The pharmacy benefit manager owned by Cigna Group is asking the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to block the state board of pharmacy from enforcing Act 624.
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1 week ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Celine Castronuovo
A first-of-its kind Arkansas law prohibiting companies that manage prescription drug benefits from acquiring pharmacies unconstitutionally limits commercial activities and patient choice, Express Scripts argued in a lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday. The pharmacy benefit manager owned by Cigna Group is asking the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to block the state board of pharmacy from enforcing Act 624. The statute, signed into law last month by Gov.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Celine Castronuovo
Colorado’s prescription drug affordability board members indicated Friday they plan to use Medicare’s negotiated price for the autoimmune treatment Enbrel as a key benchmark for setting a limit on what health plans in the state pay for the medication. Board members said in their first rulemaking hearing on setting an upper payment limit for Amgen Inc.‘s top-selling drug that they may set a cap that’s at or above Medicare’s annual maximum fair price of roughly $30,000 per patient for 2026.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Celine Castronuovo
May 23, 2025, 8:49 PM UTC The Amgen Inc. headquarters in Thousand Oaks, Calif., seen Aug. 27, 2020. Photographer: Patrick T.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Celine Castronuovo
Arizona laws prohibiting the mailing of abortion-inducing drugs and restricting access to the procedure violate a newly approved state constitutional amendment, a group of doctors argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The Arizona Medical Association and a pair of OB-GYNs are asking the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County to enjoin Arizona state authorities from enforcing statutes the doctors claim violate an Arizona constitutional amendment.
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JUST IN: Missouri voters will again be asked to decide on abortion access in their state after the legislature on Wednesday approved a ballot measure that seeks to overturn the state’s newly approved reproductive rights amendment. More here for @BLaw: https://t.co/4Z3zXhwY8w
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