The FTC report said the companies responsible for controlling spending on drugs were sometimes steering patients toward more expensive medicines.

Cigna Group’s pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts on Tuesday sued the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the agency’s July report on the PBM industry was biased and defamatory and asking the court to order the FTC to withdraw the report.

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts sued the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday over the regulator's recent drug pricing report, calling the report's conclusion that the prescription middlemen raise drug costs defamatory.

Express Scripts, one of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tuesday and demanded the agency retract a report saying the industry middlemen

Express Scripts filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, claiming its report blaming the pharmacy benefit management industry for rising drug costs was erroneous and defamatory.

Express Scripts parent company Cigna alleges the Federal Trade Commission ignored more than 3 million pages of documents the pharmacy provided to investigators.

Express Scripts Inc. on Tuesday sued the Federal Trade Commission in federal court in St. Louis, alleging that a July report made “unsubstantiated, false and biased claims” about the company.

Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., filed a lawsuit demanding that a recent FTC report on industry middlemen be vacated.