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Medicare Part D Claims Have Increased, But 340B Prescriptions Increased Faster

Pharmacy Times

The proportion of prescriptions by a 340B-affiliated physician increased from 9.4% in 2013 to 19.3% in 2020, but the prescriptions filled by 340B pharmacies increased from 18.4% to 49.9%.

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5 Core Tenets of HCP-focused Point-of-Care Marketing

PM360

The EHR is the Holy Grail of POC Messaging (At Least for Now) Reaching HCPs while they’re prescribing is the epitome of physician messaging. Because nearly all prescriptions are now written electronically. An entire academic ecosystem is focused on physician “nudging.”

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How retailers and “payviders” are disrupting U.S. healthcare in 2024

Clarivate

RxPass offers more than 50 select prescriptions at no additional cost for $5 per month. In classic Amazon style, its pharmacy offers two-day shipping on prescriptions by mail, with same-day delivery available in seven markets, with plans to add a dozen more cities by year end.

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US legislative update: takeaways for European pharma

European Pharmaceutical Review

In the current US Congressional session, Congress has focused heavily on legislation directed at reducing prescription drug prices. 136 (2013), [link] opinions/12pdf/12-416_m5n0.pdf. 1435 (“Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021”), [link] gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1435/text; H.R. Actavis, 570 U.S.

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Constipation Patients Are Suffering in Silence—Here’s How to Help Them

PM360

1 Yet, most patients haven’t tried prescription therapies, a discovery Phreesia Life Sciences made after surveying 6,780 adults age 18 and older who previously had been diagnosed with or treated for constipation as they checked in for their doctors’ appointments. Address Patients’ Quality of Life.

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Fixed-dose combination: Considerations for design, formulation, manufacturing and analysis

Pharmaceutical Technology

From 1990 through 2013, the FDA approved 131 FDC products, on average 5.7 Among the numerous advantages FDCs offer patients, physicians, and pharmaceutical companies, several are particularly noteworthy. A physician can prescribe more or less of the combination product, but the ratio of the individual drug components cannot be altered.