{"id":136460,"date":"2026-06-25T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=136460"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:19:33","slug":"florida-attorney-general-uthmeier-becomes-first-in-nation-to-subpoena-cvss-secret-contracts-with-drug-manufacturers-distributors-and-pharmacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/florida-attorney-general-uthmeier-becomes-first-in-nation-to-subpoena-cvss-secret-contracts-with-drug-manufacturers-distributors-and-pharmacies\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Attorney General Uthmeier Becomes First in Nation to Subpoena CVS’s Secret Contracts with Drug Manufacturers, Distributors, and Pharmacies"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 25, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR<\/a>) today praised Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier for becoming the first attorney general in the United States to subpoena CVS\u2019s confidential contracts with drug manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and both chain and independent retail pharmacies. The subpoenas<\/a> represent a historic step toward exposing the secretive pricing and contracting practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that patient advocates and independent pharmacists say have driven up prescription drug costs and jeopardized patients\u2019 access to community pharmacy care.<\/p>\n

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Image caption: Small business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) is a group of Floridian neighborhood pharmacists and other advocates.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate Attorney General Uthmeier for standing up to CVS and the vertically integrated PBMs on behalf of Floridians seeking answers to the continuing problems of ever-increasing price and shrinking patient accessibility to prescription medication,\u201d said Dawn Butterfield, SPAR president. \u201cFloridians are entitled to know and understand how PBM contract terms may affect their access to care and the price they pay at the pharmacy counter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe subpoenas will compel CVS to produce contracts that have never been subject to public scrutiny, including agreements governing drug pricing with manufacturers, wholesaler purchase terms, and the reimbursement and network participation conditions imposed on retail pharmacies,\u201d said Barney Bishop, SPAR\u2019s CEO. \u201cTransparency into these agreements will allow investigators to assess whether CVS\u2019s contracting practices comply with state consumer protection and antitrust law, and whether patients are being harmed by the systemic elimination of independent pharmacy competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSPAR urges state attorneys general across the country to follow Florida\u2019s lead and examine whether PBM contracting practices in their states are harming patients and independent pharmacies,\u201d Mr. Bishop said.<\/p>\n

ABOUT SPAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Small business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) is a group of Floridian neighborhood pharmacists and other advocates focused stopping anti-competitive practices that PBMs use to short circuit the free market while placing additional burdens on patients and pharmacists. SPAR is committed to championing legislation that promotes neighborhood pharmacies’ ability to continue providing medications and care to the local patients and communities they serve. Learn more: https:\/\/www.sparfl.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

REF: https:\/\/www.myfloridalegal.com\/newsrelease\/attorney-general-james-uthmeier-issues-subpoena-cvs-health-corporation-and-caremark<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 25, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) today praised Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier for becoming the first attorney general in the United States to subpoena CVS’s confidential contracts with drug manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and both chain and independent retail pharmacies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10307,"featured_media":136440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12804,1,571,14,48,61,20265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-and-law-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-pharma-news","category-florida-news","category-government-news","category-health-medical-news","category-tallahassee-business","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":782,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136460"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136465,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136460\/revisions\/136465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}