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Opinion: STAT+: What Mark Cuban gets wrong about prescription drugs

STAT

Cuban claims the reason behind the success of Cost Plus Drugs is the company’s decision to bypass pharmaceutical benefit managers — the negotiating agents insurance companies hire to negotiate big pharma’s prices down. Meanwhile, generic drug companies saved the U.S. roughly $2.6

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US Democrats’ blockbuster budget bill could spell big changes for drug prices

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Chief among these provisions is that the bill will allow, and indeed require, Medicare, the US’s government-run insurance program for older Americans, to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies in some cases, something it historically has not been allowed to do.

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Eliquis generic availability, cost, and dosage

The Checkup by Singlecare

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2012 as a brand-name drug. The FDA approved two applications for generic versions of Eliquis by the companies Micro Labs Limited and Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. You can contact your health insurance plan for up-to-date cost and prescription drug coverage information for Eliquis.

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The 20 Key Moments in the 340B Program's 30-Year History

Omnicell

In a manual for hemophilia treatment centers, the agency states it is concerned that providers would have no reason to participate in 340B if insurers take the benefit of 340B savings from them. 2012: Following the recommendation of the GAO, HRSA began conducting audits of 340B covered entities and later expands audits to drug manufacturers.

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What is a Compounding Pharmacy?

BuzzRx

Commercially Unavailable Medications Some medications are not profitable enough for large pharmaceutical companies to make. With pharmaceutical compounding, the pharmacist can place 3 mg of the drug in a capsule. Does insurance pay for compound drugs? Compounding pharmacies are safe in general.

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Drug Discard Date Creates Discord

The People's Pharmacy

The parties that benefit are the pharmaceutical companies and the pharmacies. The losers are patients, insurance companies and the country as a whole for wasting money on unneeded things. The manufacturer’s label, under the pharmacy label, had an ‘expiration’ date of Dec 2012. Why is this?”

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What can pharma marketing learn from other regulated industries?

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Robb : “In pharma the approaches are varied, partly because our clients have any number of customers, including – but not limited to – healthcare practitioners, payers and insurance companies. Clearly, over the last few months, sales reps have had limited in-person access to HCPs, which has presented a challenge. “A