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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – An emergency motion for an injunction filed on behalf of 500 Martella’s Pharmacy customers in a class-action lawsuit disputes the reasoning behind Express Scripts Inc.’s termination of the family-owned pharmacy chain’s contract.

Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit management company that manages drug plans for UPMC and Highmark health insurers, has issued public statements that it removed Martella’s Pharmacy locations from its network due to “its repeated failure to properly disclose it and its affiliated pharmacists’ disciplinary histories and actions relating to the safeguarding and dispensing of controlled substances.” ×

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