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How tech-driven hubs in specialty pharmacy can improve the patient experience

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It’s estimated specialty medications account for 75% of the approximately 7,000 prescription drugs currently in development, and by 2022, more than 60% of the 600 drugs expected to gain FDA approval will be specialty medications. Navigating the cost of specialty medications.

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Walgreens' specialty pharmacy to distribute Verrica's Ycanth

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Ycanth is the first FDA-approved therapy for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum.

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FDA approves omaveloxolone for treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia

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Following the FDA approval, the company has created the Reata Education, Access, and Care Helpline ( REACH ), an integrated specialty pharmacy and patient services program, designed to help eligible patients access prescribed Reata medicines.

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Relief for Amylyx as FDA clears controversial ALS drug Relyvrio

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Patient organisations have been celebrating the FDA approval yesterday of Amylyx’ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapy Relyvrio, after not one but two advisory committee meetings that arrived at different conclusions about the drug. The post Relief for Amylyx as FDA clears controversial ALS drug Relyvrio appeared first on.

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NASP 2022 Reveals a Pharmacy Landscape Shifting to Specialty

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Kristen Dowd Director, Pharmacy Management Services, Omnicell If the 2022 NASP (National Association of Specialty Pharmacy) Annual Meeting and Expo is any indication, we are approaching a time when specialty pharmacy simply becomes pharmacy – when complex, high-touch biologics become nearly as ubiquitous as their broad-spectrum counterparts.

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How to save on Rinvoq: Copay card, patient assistance & more

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If your health insurance company or Medicare plan covers Rinvoq, it may require the prescription to be filled by a specialty pharmacy , which fills medications that require special dosage, handling, administration, storage, or shipping requirements. When you speak to your specialty pharmacy, you must mention your Rinvoq Savings Card.

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Novartis agrees $245m settlement over Exforge generics delay

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The FDA granted full approval to Par’s generic on 28 March, 2013. The company settled allegations of kickbacks involving specialty pharmacy prescribing of drugs in the US in 2015 for $390 million, and in the following year paid $25 million to settle US charges that it bribed officials in China.