UnitedHealth, CVS Health, and Cigna have petitioned a judge to sideline FTC Chair Lina Khan from the agency’s lawsuit against the largest PBMs

UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna all submitted motions Oct. 8 to remove Lina Khan from the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing antitrust lawsuit. | UnitedHealth, CVS Health and Cigna all view FTC chair Lina Khan as unfair toward PBMs and say she should be removed from the FTC's recently filed antitrust lawsuit.

Cigna said that Khan, along with Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, have made repeated and incorrect prejudgments that show bias against pharmacy-benefit managers.

Cigna, UnitedHealth and CVS Caremark are calling Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan and two other commissioners to either recuse themselves, or be removed from the agency’s lawsuit