Even though “intermediate” has commonly been defined as “to mediate” (i.e., to simplify and smooth things over) since the 1620s, it seems appropriate that modern society has come to accept the early ...

Fewer employers are relying on a traditional pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) model to run their entire Rx program. Use of transparent PBMs among employers increased to 31% in 2025 last year from 12% in ...

Online platform businesses have thrived and created enormous economic value in recent decades. However, disintermediation, which occurs when platform users bypass the platform to complete transactions ...

AI disintermediation risk has emerged as an important market narrative in recent weeks. US software and IT services have been hard hit, with the S&P 500 software index down close to 30% from its fall ...