MedImpact Hopes to Accelerate Adoption of Pharmacogenomics

With precision medicine an increasingly hot topic in health care, MedImpact is betting that a newly launched program — which reviews every drug prescribed to patients against their genetic profile — will simultaneously give the PBM a competitive edge and improve care. Experts tell AIS Health that such a program could usher in changes to the PBM industry if it proves successful and sparks a larger trend.

In a Feb. 26 press release, MedImpact describes its new program as the industry’s first “any drug, any time, any prescriber” approach to pharmacogenomics (PGx). “This highly personalized approach protects patients against hundreds of ineffective and harmful drugs based on their genetic profile. It will reduce ‘trial and error’ prescribing, reduce waste, lower the risk of adverse events, and improve member health,” the San Diego-based PBM said.

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Leslie Small

Leslie Small

Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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