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Biden proposes subsidizing drug middlemen for insulin

World of DTC Marketing

Essentially taxpayers would be subsidizing drug company profits for the price of a product that should have come down a long time ago. Research shows that the three-drug companies that dominate global insulin sales — Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi may not be entirely to blame for the soaring costs to people with diabetes.

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Court rules for drugmakers in 340B fight over contract pharmacies

Bio Pharma Dive

The drugmakers sued HHS after regulators ordered them to stop restricting sales of 340B drugs to contract pharmacies. The decision is a win for Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca.

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Centre puts onus on SLAs to take action against e-pharmacies for violation of D&C Act and Rules

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

With the chemists and druggists across the country opposing the sale of drugs through online, the Central government is taking a stand that the sale of medicines should be strictly under the provisions of the existing regulations and the State Licensing Authorities (SLAs) are legally empowered to act against violation of the legal provisions.

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Leading retail pharmacies in pharma

Pharmaceutical Technology

Increasing diagnosis of chronic diseases is expected to lead to fast growth in retail pharmacies. The rising incidence of long-standing diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer requires prolonged medication and, thus, drives the growth and need for retail pharmacies in the market. Speciality care.

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The discovery of a new and compounding cybersecurity threat to pharmacies

pharmaphorum

Sam Crowther, founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Kasada, tells us about a recent discovery his company made that revealed tens of thousands of accounts with prescription drug attachments in major online pharmacies had been compromised. Detection of fraudulent activity.

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Drug Wholesalers and Brand-Name Drug Prices: Understanding CVS Health/McKesson and Why Pharmacies Lose Money on GLP-1s

Drug Channels

Consider two apparently unrelated drug channel anomalies: In McKesson’s 2023 fiscal year, CVS bought $75 billion in pharmaceuticals from McKesson’s wholesale business—a jump of more than 35% compared with the previous year. Despite skyrocketing sales for anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs, many retail pharmacies are losing money on every prescription.

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How tech-driven hubs in specialty pharmacy can improve the patient experience

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The use of specialty drugs in the U.S. It’s estimated specialty medications account for 75% of the approximately 7,000 prescription drugs currently in development, and by 2022, more than 60% of the 600 drugs expected to gain FDA approval will be specialty medications. Using cloud-based technology to manage the complexities.

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