The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office is taking drug companies and pharmacies to court.

The lawsuit , filed in federal court out of New Jersey, alleges that companies artificially inflated the cost of insulin prices, all while production costs remained stable.

In the court filing, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala said while some goods and services costs have gone up less than twofold, some diabetes medications have shot up by tenfold.

"That's just wrong, and hopefully we can get some relief for everybody," Zappala said on Friday.

His lawsuit names companies like Eli Lilly, CVS and UnitedHealthcare. It goes after the drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefits managers.

According to Zappala, some people are spending thousands of dollars a month on insulin when

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