Mitchell Clough

2 weeks ago | mondaq.com | Theresa C. Carnegie |Hassan Shaikh |Samantha Hawkins |Mitchell Clough

On April 16, 2025, Arkansas enacted Act 624 (the Act), anunprecedented law prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) fromowning or operating pharmacies in the state. As we discussed in ourMay 2025 blog post, the law's passage has alreadyresulted in market disruptions, and PBMs with vertically integratedbusiness models have cautioned that the law will limitpatients' access to drugs and cost many local jobs.