Nashville, TN (November 19, 2021) – Earlier this week, pharmacy organizations praised a decision by the Eighth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals to back North Dakota’s right to regulate PBMs. The case of PCMA v. Wehbi is the first to consider, at the federal appellate level, the scope of the Supreme Court’s unanimous 2020 decision in Rutledge v. PCMA. That ruling upheld a law in Arkansas that regulated PBMs. In July, APhA, NCPA, North Dakota Pharmacists Association, Arkansas Pharmacists Association, Iowa Pharmacy Association, Minnesota Pharmacists Association, Missouri Pharmacy Association, Nebraska Pharmacists Association, and South Dakota Pharmacists Association filed an amicus curiae brief defending North Dakota’s position in the case. The ruling has implications beyond North Dakota, as many states, including Tennessee, work to advance and enforce PBM reforms.
