Event Description
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, August 1, 2024. The open meeting will commence at 10 am ET and will begin with time for members of the public to address the Commission.
The following items will be on the tentative agenda for the August 1 Commission meeting:
Business Before the Commission:
Pharmacy Benefit Managers Report:
Staff from the Office of Policy Planning will provide a presentation on the Interim Report on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). This Interim Report is part of the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing study of PBMs and explores their potential impact on access and affordability of medicines and examines how increasing vertical integration and concentration may have enabled PBMs to inflate drug costs and squeeze Main Street pharmacies.
Presentation on Military Consumer Protection:
To close out Military Consumer Month, staff from the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s Division of Consumer and Business Education will provide a presentation on the FTC’s work to protect servicemembers, veterans, and their families. It will address the FTC’s consumer outreach and education efforts, network of partnerships with military organizations, and recent enforcement work.
At the start of the meeting, Chair Khan will offer brief remarks and will then invite members of the public to share feedback on the Commission’s work generally and bring relevant matters to the Commission’s attention. Members of the public must sign up for an opportunity to address the Commission virtually at the August 1 event.
Each commenter will be given two minutes to share their comments. Those who cannot participate during the event may submit written comments or a link to a prerecorded video through a webform. Speaker registration and comment submission will be available through Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 8 pm ET.
A link to the event will be available on the day of the event, shortly before the meeting starts via FTC.gov. The event will be recorded, and the webcast and any related comments will be available on the Commission’s website after the meeting. The Commission retains discretion to make public comments available following the event on ftc.gov.
FTC Privacy Policy
Under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) or other laws, we may be required to disclose to outside organizations the information you provide when you pre-register for events that require registration. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, and as a matter of discretion, we make every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments before posting them on the FTC website.
The FTC Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission’s Privacy Act system for public records and comprehensive privacy policy.
This event will be open to the public and may be photographed, videotaped, webcast, or otherwise recorded. By participating in this event, you are agreeing that your image — and anything you say or submit — may be posted indefinitely at ftc.gov or on one of the Commission’s publicly available social media sites.
August 1 2024 Washington DC
Sources: Midtown Tribune news , https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2024/08/open-commission-meeting-august-1-2024