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Prescription for pharmacy talks: add consumers
17 May 2018 - The Consumers Health Forum will urge the government to ensure the next negotiations for the Community ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2018
ASHP response to President Trump's speech on prescription drug prices
11 May 2018 - President Trump unveiled the outlines of his "American Patients First" blueprint to address high drug prices. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2018
Aligning price and value for drugs—potential disrupters of the PBM model
7 May 2018 - When the latest version of the iPhone comes out, customers can judge whether the price is "worth ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2018
Express Scripts, the good guy on drug prices? Not exactly
3 May 2018 - Its efforts to lower drug prices likely won't change much, and it probably knows that. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2018
Chemotherapy compounder ID mandatory within PBS claims
12 April 2018 - The inclusion of the Compounder ID field within a claim for eligible Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2018
Feds broaden the definition of ‘pharmacy’ in a bid to level playing field for startup
6 April 2018 - Across the US, upstart pharmacies are turning the prescription drug business on its head, offering digitally ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2018
Why your pharmacist can’t tell you that $20 prescription could cost only $8
24 February 2018 - As consumers face rapidly rising drug costs, states across the country are moving to block “gag ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2018
Middlemen are driving up the cost of life-saving drugs
10 January 2018 - History will record 2017 as a transformative year in medicine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2017
Amazon hasn’t figured out drug stores yet. But it will have to.
18 December 2017 - Jeff Bezos has eyed the pharmacy business for years without plunging in. The upside may be too ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2017
Direct supply risks
6 December 2017 - The proliferation of exclusive direct supply arrangements has the potential to put at risk the core ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2017
Amazon is in exploratory talks with generic drug makers
30 November 2017 - Amazon has talked to makers of generic drugs, including Mylan and Sandoz, about a potential entry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2017
As health care changes, insurers, hospitals and drugstores team up
27 November 2017 - They seem like odd couples: Aetna, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, is in talks ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2017
Drug companies are warming up to the idea of an Amazon pharmacy
17 November 2017 - Takeda CEO ‘in favour of a more effective distribution system’. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2017
Cheaper prescriptions and suncare as Aussie pharmacy chain hits NZ
18 November 2017 - Prescription drugs among items to cost less at Chemist Warehouse. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2017
CVS Health is in talks to buy Aetna
26 October 2017 - Sources say CVS Health has proposed to buy Aetna for more than $200 a share, or $66 ...