Uber-ScriptDrop Deal Stirs Up Already Active Rx Delivery Space
Uber, seeking to expand its prescription delivery business nationwide, has inked a deal with pharmacy home delivery start-up ScriptDrop that makes Uber the default delivery app for a network of grocery store and ind...
GoodRx Benefits Patients But May Profit From ‘Broken’ System
GoodRx Inc. has captured the attention of the pharmaceutical industry by putting pricing data on patients’ smartphones, often allowing them to choose between multiple prices for one drug at the pharmacy counter. W...
Evernorth Drug Trend Report Shows Varied Pandemic Impacts With Chart: Cigna: Pandemic Led to Fewer New Scripts, Better Adherence
In the 2020 Drug Trend Report recently released by Evernorth, the Cigna Corp. division added yet another chapter to the growing volume of data detailing the profound effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on hea...
Vaccines Improve Public Opinion Of Pharma, Despite Cost Worries With Chart: Public Holds Favorable Views of Big Pharma, But Still Wants Drug Pricing Reforms
In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has not been popular with the public: Problems like the rising cost of prescription drugs and the opioid epidemic combined to make the industry the least popular nationwi...
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✦ CVS Health Corp. said on March 31 that its PBM division Caremark will “continue to serve the government-wide Service Benefit Plan” in a deal effective Jan. 1, 2022. The contract is an arrangement with carrie...
PBM and Part D Reform Could Be on Legislative Agenda
As a new bill introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) indicates, Congress is once again looking seriously at tackling drug pricing reform. D.C. insiders say that Democrats could pursue big changes to PBM regulation...
Reducing Single-Use Vial Waste May Require Regulatory Action
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, while acknowledging that payers are concerned about waste and extra expense that may occur when some of the medication in a single-use vial is discarded...
How Will Biden Administration Handle Copay Accumulators? With Chart: Copay Accumulator Usage Is on the Rise
Thanks to recent regulatory moves as well as the increasing prevalence of copay accumulator/maximizer programs, the tactics that payers use to counter drug manufacturer copay assistance continue to be a controversia...
CVS Pilot Offers In-Home Infusion of Cancer Therapies
As the U.S. continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, people with cancer continue to unsurprisingly be hesitant to visit a provider office or hospital for treatment. So, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (C...
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✦ Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R) has hired an external law firm to investigate whether Centene Corp. overcharged the state when managing pharmacy benefits for its Medicaid managed care program, the Da...