PBMs Granted Extension In Appeal Over Arkansas Law Limiting Who Can Own Pharmacies

( November 7, 2025, 1:31 PM EST) -- . LOUIS — Pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) that convinced an Arkansas federal judge that a law that barred PBMs from owning a pharmacy business in the state likely violates the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause and is likely preempted by federal law have until Dec. 29 to respond to an appellant brief filed by the state in the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that the judge erred in granting motions for a preliminary injunction....