Johnson & Johnson sues Cigna’s Express Scripts, Accredo, WSJ reports

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) sued divisions of Cigna (CI), accusing them of working with a drug-benefit middleman to drain J&J financial-assistance funds earmarked for patients taking some of its pricier drugs, widening litigation against the company against SaveOnSP, The Wall Street Journal’s Peter Loftus reported on Friday. J&J added pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts and specialty pharmacy Accredo as defendants in an amended lawsuit that J&J filed under seal in federal court in New Jersey earlier this year, according to the report. J&J claims the Cigna units worked on a program with SaveOn that caused J&J to pay more than $100M in drug copay assistance in addition to what it would have otherwise.

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