Inflated pharmacy prices

SAN ANTONIO — A federal court in Texas declined to dismiss the federal government’s False Claims Act lawsuit against a pharmacy compound supplier, which allegedly falsely inflated the prices in its bills to the federal government. The pharmacy says the U.S. has excessively extended its “intervention deadline” since the original complaint was filed in 2014, but the False Claims Act requires the government to “diligently … investigate” claims made under the Act. The government has shown its “delays” were necessary.