pharmaphorum

JANUARY 13, 2023

The ‘big three’ insulin producers Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi are being sued by the state of California for allegedly working together to set artificially inflated prices for their products. The suit follows legal action over insulin pricing taken by other states, including Arkansas , Kansas, Mississippi, and Minnesota.

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STAT News

APRIL 21, 2023

WASHINGTON — Amid a scramble to assemble a health care policy package in the Senate, a pair of key senators have significantly changed a proposal to cap insulin costs. The new legislation by Senate Diabetes Caucus co-chairs Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

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XTalks

MARCH 15, 2024

LillyDirect Pharmacy Solutions, Eli Lilly’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) drugs website, is teaming up with Amazon Pharmacy to deliver select medications to people’s homes. The drugs include Lilly’s newly approved GLP-1 obesity drug Zepbound (tirzepatide), around a dozen of the company’s insulins and migraine drug Emgality (galcanezumab).

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Being hailed as the world’s shortest and thinnest needle for insulin injection, Droplet Micron has recently been introduced into the pen needle market by HTL (High Tech Lab)-STREFA, Inc. These are important feature innovations for those that depend on insulin injections. Droplet Micron is now available at local pharmacies.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

As part of this change, the Coverage Gap Discount Program (CGDP), a program that has existed since 2011, will sunset on December 31, 2024, and be replaced by the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program (the “Discount Program”). CMS will send the final manufacturer invoice for discount liabilities accrued by then on April 30, 2028.

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Pharmacy Checkers

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Forgetting about the potential dangers to competition from corporate Leviathan Amazon, that it launched a new online pharmacy this week will certainly appeal to tens of millions of Americans. But, unlike in many other industries where Amazon can crush the competition on prices, its online pharmacy launch does not accomplish that.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 28, 2021

One of these markets is the insulin market. Up until now, the insulin market has experienced little competition and, as a result, prices have soared over the years. Currently, more than seven million patients rely on insulin, and that number is growing each year. But, that will soon be changing, due to biosimilars.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Lilly’s Insulin Lispro Injection, 100 units/mL — first introduced at half the list price of branded Humalog® (insulin lispro injection, 100 units/mL) in 2019 — will now have a 70 percent lower list price than Humalog U-100 starting January 1, 2022 Insulin Lispro Injection can be ordered through all U.S.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

I'm rerunning this post to provide context for manufacturers' recent actions regarding 340B contract pharmacies. Yesterday, Eli Lilly announced that its products can be dispensed only at covered entities and their child sites, but not via external pharmacies. per 3 mL pen or $0.10 per 10 mL vial. per 3 mL pen or $0.10

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XTalks

MARCH 17, 2025

Amylin, a hormone co-secreted with insulin, plays a key role in regulating appetite by enhancing leptins effects the hormone that signals fullness after eating. Petrelintide, Zealand Pharmas long-acting amylin analog, is currently in Phase II clinical development and is designed for once-weekly subcutaneous injections.

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STAT News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Diabetic patients will now have easier access to insulin after the FDA approved an Eli Lilly biosimilar as interchangeable with the biologic drug , Bloomberg News notes. Rezvoglar,

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 6, 2023

In 2023, expect manufacturers to further shift their focus away from acquiring new patient prescriptions to retaining existing customers. On 14th November 2022, Eli Lilly apparently wrote on its Twitter account, “We are excited to announce insulin is free now.” in 1979 to 2.8%in Industry frustrations. Preventing patient drop-off.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

SmithRx, a pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company, joined forces with TheracosBio to facilitate patients’ access to the newly approved type 2 diabetes medication, Brenzavvy (bexagliflozin), through the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company platform. ” What is SmithRx?

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XTalks

JUNE 5, 2023

GLP-1 stimulates insulin production, thus reducing blood glucose levels, and it interacts with the brain to suppress appetite and create a feeling of fullness. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy, is actively addressing these supply challenges. mg and 2.4 mg doses of Wegovy.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

As a subset of biosimilars, interchangeable biological products can be substituted for the reference product at the pharmacy level, without the input of the prescribing physician. Significantly, insulin was deemed to be a biologic as of March 23, 2020, making it a reference product for the development of biosimilar versions.

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Druggist

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Most of the drugs which are recommended in the symptomatic management of IBS can be purchased over the counter from pharmacies, supermarkets and online. Customers may need to get larger Fybogel packs from a pharmacy counter as products available for self-selection may be smaller in size. £9.99 Buy on Amazon Price incl.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 1, 2022

Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) is the first biosimilar available at the retail pharmacy counter, and it obtained interchangeable status. And, manufacturers will likely pay close attention to the impact of Semglee’s interchangeable designation on the adoption of biosimilars in the retail pharmacy space.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 24, 2023

Energy crisis effects will be felt across healthcare, but for medicines manufacturing and delivery the issue is especially complex because the networks of medicine supply extend across the globe and across countries which see differing impacts of energy costs and supply. Medicines manufacturing is energy intensive.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 16, 2020

I expect manufacturers to escalate their challenges to the contract pharmacy elements of the program. Meanwhile, covered entities will be battling manufacturers, state Medicaid programs, their contract pharmacy partners, and perhaps even HRSA itself. The 340B program will be a major issue in 2021.

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XTalks

JANUARY 5, 2024

Among its services, Lilly said LillyDirect provides disease management resources that include access to independent healthcare providers, personalized support and direct delivery of select Lilly medications to homes via third-party pharmacy dispensing services.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2022, Januvia was flagged for nitrosamine contamination , a potential carcinogen commonly produced as a byproduct during drug manufacturing. In its 2022 financial report, Sanofi reported that sales of the long-acting insulin dropped 27.6 In its 2022 financial report, Sanofi reported that sales of the long-acting insulin dropped 27.6

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Druggist

MAY 12, 2021

Unfortunately, Celevac was discontinued , and now it is impossible to get it on prescription or purchase from the pharmacy. Celevac tablets were licensed as general sale list medicines (GSL), which means they could be sold in any retail outlet, including pharmacies, over the counter without a prescription. . Glucomannan Complex.

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XTalks

JUNE 12, 2023

Medtronic, the leading global medical device manufacturer, reported a revenue growth of 5 percent in the last fiscal year, affirming its position as the top global medical technology company by revenue. Internationally, Medtronic expanded its MiniMed 780G insulin pump and Guardian 4 sensor. percent increase from its net income of $3.61

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The Pharma Data

MAY 13, 2021

I Have A Doctorate In Pharmacy, But Everything I Learned About Pain Relief In Pharmacy School Is Dead Wrong! Which is how I got into pharmacy — after all, what better way to spend your life than by removing illness from the world. . … And then got my Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 10, 2021

The need for firms to make a reasonable profit is paramount in today’s world; healthy pharmaceutical research and manufacturing are the keys to ending disease, curing chronic conditions, and discovering new therapies and vaccines that address the latest medical challenges.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2022

The negotiations will result in a Maximum Fair Price (“MFP”) that the manufacturer must make available to providers furnishing the drug under Medicare Part B or pharmacies dispensing the drug under Part D. that price controls distort markets and reduce competition.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 13, 2022

Arkansas has become the latest US state to issue a legal challenge to the big three insulin producers – Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk – accusing them of deceptively driving up the price of the medicines. Today we begin the fight to stop this outrageous inflation of insulin pricing.”

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. Originating as a pharmacy founded in Darmstadt in 1668, it was in 1827 that Heinrich Emanuel Merck began the transition towards an industrial and scientific concern, by manufacturing and selling alkaloids.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Kansas attorney general Derek Schmidt filed a lawsuit accusing three insulin manufacturers — Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk — and some of the largest pharmacy benefit managers of deliberately inflating insulin prices over the past two decades. Food and Drug Administration.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The higher discounted price will likely not appeal to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that recommend which drugs most insurance providers should cover, according to Reuters.

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XTalks

JANUARY 24, 2024

This disparity can be attributed to various factors, including the lack of government regulation on drug prices and the complex web of negotiations between drug manufacturers, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 26, 2023

The FDA has flagged this issue as pharmacies selling prescription drugs illegally have proliferated over the years. However, a growing number of illegitimate online pharmacies are avoiding established pathways that require prescriptions to provide medicines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2022

For example, the first-to-market status was beneficial when it came to insulin biosimilars. Biosimilars with this designation are beneficial to payers as they eliminate the need for another prescription, she explains An interchangeable biosimilar can be automatically substituted for Humira at a pharmacy, Bhat adds.

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XTalks

MARCH 20, 2025

Blue Shield of California introduced Pharmacy Care Reimagined, a model that partners with Amazon Pharmacy, cost-transparent generics and value-based negotiators to save up to $500 million annually. Additionally, in 2023 nonprofit manufacturer Civica Rx worked to slash insulin prices by as much as 90%.

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Pharmacy Checkers

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Today, I’m going to get very, very nerdy about the new Request For Proposals issued to allow for the reimportation of insulin. Unlike the final rule on Section 804 of the FDCA and personal importation pathway opportunities also under Section 804, the Insulin RFP relates to Section 801(d)(1)(2) of the FDCA (21 U.S.C. It was not.

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XTalks

JANUARY 23, 2025

Increases ranged from hundreds to thousands of percent compared to the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC), which is an estimate of how much it costs a pharmacy to acquire a drug. PBMs serve as intermediaries between insurers, pharmacies and drug manufacturers, negotiating discounts and managing drug formularies.

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Pharmacy Checkers

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

unless the drug manufacturer wants it (or the government says it’s an emergency, which is irrelevant for our purposes). unless the drug manufacturer wants it (or the government says it’s an emergency, which is irrelevant for our purposes). if such drug is manufactured outside the United States.”. Emphasis added.

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