Drug Channels

APRIL 1, 2024

Despite skyrocketing sales for anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs, many retail pharmacies are losing money on every prescription. The common factor behind these two disparate situations: Pharmaceutical wholesalers’ unusual pricing for brand-name drugs sold to pharmacies, hospitals, and other buyers.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 13, 2022

In 2020, over half of total spending on brand medicines went to the supply chain, middlemen and other stakeholders, overtaking the amount going to drug manufacturers for the first time, according to a new study. ” The post Supply chain middlemen ‘pocket half of US branded medicine spending’ appeared first on. .

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 22, 2022

Generic drugs versus branded is also a considerable expense. But Express Scripts, which manages pharmacy benefits for 100 million people, is telling pharmacies to dispense the more expensive Advair brand because it won’t cover Mylan’s generic.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 1, 2022

Our exclusive analysis of these numbers finds that for 2022, an astounding 99% of seniors are enrolled in the wonderland of PDPs with preferred pharmacy networks. Below, we use the new enrollment data to examine the major pharmacy chains’ position within the 27 major Part D plans that have preferred networks. DOWN THE DATA RABBIT HOLE.

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XTalks

JULY 24, 2024

Amazon Pharmacy launched a pair of TV spots last month to showcase the ease of its drug delivery service for consumers. One of the ads is titled “Mom,” in which a man is seen waiting in a long line at a pharmacy to pick up his mom’s medication because she didn’t listen to him when he told her to send her prescription to Amazon Pharmacy.

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World of DTC Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

According to the Ad Contrarian; The programmatic ad system is so bizarrely absurd that after years of reports of brand danger, and dozens of companies created to protect brands from online squalor, the same problems still exist. Spots for Amazon Pharmacy were found on over 30 health misinformation sites.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 31, 2023

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for today’s live video webinar: Discount Cards, Cost-Plus Pharmacies, and PBMs: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. For 2022, brand-name drugs’ net prices dropped for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year. Click here to see the original post and comments from January 2023.

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Pharmacy Checkers

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Rand Corporation has released an impressive study showing that brand name drugs cost far more in the United States than in other countries – on average 344% more. In looking at all drugs, brand and generic, the percentage goes down to 256%. Compared to net prices for brand name drugs U.S. That’s the report’s main focus.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 25, 2022

For example, JAK inhibitors are oral drugs that feature a certain complexity, says Jonathan Watanabe, PhD, professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, Irvine. Unlike biosimilars, it is simpler for small molecule specialty generics to establish equivalence to their branded forms, explains Vasquez.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 7, 2023

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: Discount Cards, Cost-Plus Pharmacies, and PBMs: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook This event will be broadcast live on Friday, March 31, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 8, 2023

Lilly has claimed that a major obstacle to insulin price reduction has been due to pharmacy benefit manager formularies and contracts with insurance providers, and that list prices for insulin have to remain high for insulin to remain on these formularies.

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XTalks

MAY 10, 2023

One way to show appreciation is to support mother-owned food brands that have made a mark in the food industry. The mothers behind brands like Garden Lites and Sweet Loren’s have been able to turn their passion for food into successful businesses, creating innovative products and driving growth in the industry.

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World of DTC Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In addition to immediate access to a physician, they offer on-site labs to analyze blood, MRI and CAT scan machines, pharmacies, and a full range of OTC products. In my opinion, these total urgent care centers will be springing up throughout the US and could even be branded under retailers like Wal*Mart or Target.

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Pharmacy Checkers

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Joe and Teresa Graedon, founders of The People’s Pharmacy , not only have an admirable track record of telling health consumers how it is, but also listening to those in their readership. Many readers complained that it just wasn’t cutting it compared to the brand name version. Just switch back to the brand!”

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 8, 2022

Longstanding claims that one of the reasons for high drug prices in the US is the actions of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies – the middlemen in the supply chain – are being formally investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The post FTC launches probe into pharmacy benefit management sector appeared first on.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

An analysis by 3 Axis Advisors has found that there is a large variability in pharmacy reimbursement of prescription drugs depending on PBM contracts with insurers. This creates a system with huge inconsistencies on the prices of both generics and branded products.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 27, 2022

A drug’s out-of-pocket cost is primarily the result of decisions made by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). In 2021 pharma provided a staggering $204 billion in price concessions for brand-name medicines to PBMs. The problem is that PBMs are out for themselves and shareholders, not patients.

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STAT News

AUGUST 3, 2022

Civica Rx, which was formed four years ago, is working with a generic manufacturer to supply pharmacies with the abiraterone prostate cancer treatment for $160 for a month’s supply. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 7, 2022

What you pay depends on your drug plan, whether your medication is subject to a deductible, the price tier or level it’s assigned by your plan, how much you have already spent on drugs during a given year, where you buy them, and — in the case of brand-name drugs — the whims of the pharma, PBM and insurance companies.

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Intouch Solutions

JANUARY 6, 2021

Amazon Pharmacy’s debut is worrying many, but its long-terms effect on pharma marketing remains uncertain. Read on to learn more about Amazon’s “master plan,” and whether your brand needs to consider a defensive strategy. The post Amazon Pharmacy: How Will It Affect Pharma? appeared first on Intouch Solutions.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 6, 2022

American entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban tells us why he and his partners launched the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC), a public-benefit corporation and online pharmacy that provides patients access to medications at a lower cost. . We want to work with every source of medications, branded or generic.”

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Drug Channels

AUGUST 28, 2020

He then describes how ConnectiveRx’s non-commercial pharmacy solution streamlines workflow for healthcare providers and captures useful data for brands. Click here to download a free information sheet about the ConnectiveRx Careform non-commercial pharmacy. Read on for Frank’s insights. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

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BioTech 365

OCTOBER 14, 2020

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Innovation Associates, a leading-edge provider of high-volume pharmacy automation and software solutions for retail, hospital, federal healthcare, and mail-order pharmacy markets, today announced that the company will now operate and be known as “iA.”

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Drug Channels

AUGUST 13, 2021

Stacey discusses how a patient support vendor can help specialty pharmacy patients attain prior authorizations and access critical therapies. Today’s guest post comes from Stacey Little, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at AssistRx.

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Drug Channels

JULY 23, 2020

The stunning growth of specialty pharmacies in the 340B Drug Pricing Program has accelerated a troubling trend: Patients covered by commercial insurance and Medicare Part D are footing the bill for 340B savings. Our indisputable math exposes the little-understood economics behind specialty pharmacies in the 340B program.

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Druggist

MARCH 23, 2021

In recent months, ibuprofen’s price went up significantly, with many shops and pharmacies being out of stock of ‘cheap’ ibuprofen. Firstly, I will discuss the availability of branded ibuprofen. Ibuprofen alternatives – branded ibuprofen 200mg. Other brands of ibuprofen 200mg. What is ibuprofen?

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Druggist

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Calpol is probably the most well-known brand of paracetamol in liquid form for infants, toddlers and children. Today I will list Calpol alternative products, including other brands and forms of liquid paracetamol and alternative drugs. Larger 200ml bottle of Calpol suspension is a pharmacy-only product (P). What is Calpol?

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World of DTC Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A new study estimates the causal effects of coupons for branded drugs without bioequivalent generics using variation in coupon introductions over time and comparing differential responses across enrollees in commercial and Medicare Advantage plans.

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STAT News

MARCH 20, 2023

… Either due to cost or ongoing shortages, people are seeking alternatives to the brand name medications Ozempic and Wegovy, both of which contain the active ingredient semaglutide, NBC News tells us. And some people are turning to compounding pharmacies for the hard-to-get weight-loss drugs.

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Druggist

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The Government recently announced the reclassification of fexofenadine 120mg, which will be available as General sale Medication (GSL), sold as branded products – Allevia 120mg tablets. Most manufactures of other antihistamines available in pharmacies and shops advice to avoid taking antihistamines during pregnancy. cetirizine.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In this article, Kristina reviews how brands can help patients make connections that address medication affordability challenges, whether at the prescriber’s office, the pharmacy, or at home. Unfortunately, this patient didn’t know about manufacturer affordability programs.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In this article, Kristina reviews how brands can help patients make connections that address medication affordability challenges, whether at the prescriber’s office, the pharmacy, or at home. Unfortunately, this patient didn’t know about manufacturer affordability programs.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The company said it cannot “validate the safety or effectiveness of products claiming to contain tirzepatide that are not our own branded product.” Mounjaro, a dual GLP-1/GIP agonist was approved in May 2022 for type 2 diabetes.

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Drug Channels

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Pharmacy Distribution and Reimbursement System for Patient-Administered, Outpatient Brand-name Drugs. By reader request, we present below a channel flow chart illustrating the buy-and-bill process for provider-administered drugs. This chart complements Follow the Dollar: The U.S.

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Pharma Mirror

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Medisafe, a leading digital therapeutics company specializing in digital companions, has been selected by UCB to develop branded digital drug companions for its antiepileptic medications, with greater capabilities to expand across additional brands.

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Druggist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Both drugs can be prescribed by a doctor or purchased over the counter from pharmacies and in case of Bucopa IBS relief from supermarkets. Buscopan is a brand name for a drug called hyoscine butylbromide. Mebeverine, on the other hand, is a generic name of the drug, which is also known as Colofac (brand name).

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STAT News

JANUARY 24, 2023

 Amazon has another Prime prescription savings benefit that offers a discount of up to 80% on generic medications and up to 40% on brand-name prescriptions. Amazon  Amazon has pushed deeper into health care in recent years, including the 2020 launch of its online pharmacy.

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