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PBMs and insurers want your prescription money

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anti-kickback law that the drugmaker said prevented it from helping heart failure patients, many with low incomes, afford the medicine that costs $225,000 annually. For many, these coupons represent the difference between filling a prescription and going without lifesaving care, but there is a lot more here than just a co-pay coupon.

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The rise of prescription drug abuse and drug diversion

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As prescription drug abuse has grown in the US and Europe, the diversion of such treatments from legitimate sources has also increased. Drug diversion is the channelling of prescription drugs from a medical source into the illegal market.

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Um, about that diabetes drug that helped patients lose weight

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Yet the media has led with “diabetes drug leads to major weight loss” Will doctors inform patients? Wegovy’s most common side effects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, which 80% of patients reported, according to USA Today. We are an obese country, and diabetes is getting worse.

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New FDA head needs to examine the accelerated approval program

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The FDA’s “accelerated approval” program expedites the evaluation process for new treatments so that patients can have access to them sooner. Between 2011 and 2018, cumulative spending on 44 FDA-approved oral targeted therapy drugs was $3.5

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Why script-to-dispense conversion will take centre stage in 2023

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In 2023, expect manufacturers to further shift their focus away from acquiring new patient prescriptions to retaining existing customers. The account carried an official blue check mark, but in fact it did not belong to the prescription drugmaker. Ensuring patient access. Retaining business begins with patient access.

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Biden proposes subsidizing drug middlemen for insulin

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Under the bill proposed, Medicare beneficiaries and those insured through private plans would pay no more than $35 for a 30-day insulin prescription, or the lesser of $35 or 25% of the plan’s negotiated price for a 30-day prescription. By 2018, those same middlemen were receiving 53% of insulin expenditures.

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The financial toxicity of treating cancer

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(Stat News) Today, a study followed 380 patients being treated at community oncology groups across the U.S. Patients who experience financial hardship during cancer treatment are at higher risk for treatment nonadherence, poor quality of life, and worse survival. billion in 2018. transportation), and indirect expenses (e.g.,

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