MATRIX DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY MATRIX DISTRIBUTORS, INC., PRIMED PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC, and OAK DRUGS, INC., Plaintiffs, Civ. No. 18-17462 (KM) (MAH) v. OPINION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY and OPTUMRX, INC., Defendants. KEVIN MCNULTY, U.S.D.J.: OptumRx, Inc., is a pharmacy benefit manager (“PBM”) that administers the prescription drug benefits of health insurance plans. To that end, OptumRx contracts with pharmacies to dispense prescriptions to plan beneficiaries. As part of those contracts, OptumRx began requiring that pharmacies source drugs only…