The companies argue the commissioners have "a lengthy track record of making public statements that indicate serious bias" against pharmacy benefit managers.

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

From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, everyone wants to know what’s next for Lina Khan. On Wednesday, the youngest-ever chair of the Federal Trade Commission reached the end of her three-year term, during which she helped overhaul the government’s approach to antitrust enforcement and brought a slew of lawsuits against major corporations.

CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group have asked U.S. Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan and commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya to disqualify themselves from an FTC lawsuit that has accused the companies of unlawfully inflating insulin prices.

CVS argues the three commissioners have “a lengthy track record of making public statements that indicate serious bias” against pharmacy benefit managers.