As Patient-Paid Prescriptions Grow, Might They Make Inroads Into Specialty Arena?

June 8

The traditional pharmacy benefit market is seeing a challenge to its model from patient-paid prescriptions, contended longtime industry expert Adam J. Fein, Ph.D., CEO of Drug Channels Institute, during a recent webinar. While some generics of specialty drugs are being sold via these routes, the potential exists for disruption in crowded biologic-treated classes facing a lot of competition, particularly via biosimilars.

And with some industry developments such as the Inflation Reduction Act likely to impact the uptake of high-price/high-rebate drugs, patient-paid prescriptions could become an even bigger disruption within the market than they already are.

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Radar on Specialty Pharmacy

Angela Maas

Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.