Drug Channels

JANUARY 14, 2025

Here are some Drug Channels articles with relevant background for the video: The 340B Program Reached $66 Billion in 2023Up 23% vs. 2022: Analyzing the Numbers and HRSAs Curious Actions Follow the 340B Prescription Dollar: How PBMs Profit from 340B Contract Pharmacies Hospitals Are Relying More on PBMs to Manage Manufacturers' 340B Contract Pharmacy (..)

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In contrast to the pharmacy market, adoption of these biosimilars is growing, prices are dropping, and formulary barriers continue to fall. Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. Here on Drug Channels , we have long highlighted the boom in provider-administered biosimilars.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 6, 2025

billion in 2024 to $24.8 OTC and Consumer Health Products : Brands in this segment benefit from lean, geographically dispersed sales forces that focus on brand visibility and pharmacy-level engagement. Global Pharmaceutical Contract Sales Outsourcing Market to Reach $24.8

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Drug Channels

APRIL 16, 2025

Drug Channels Institutes (DCIs) latest analysis reveals that PBM-affiliated specialty pharmacies continue to dominate the dispensing of specialty drugs. DCI has identified nearly 1,900 dispensing locations with specialty pharmacy accreditation. Once again, specialty mostly means affiliated with a PBM.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 17, 2025

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: What’s Next for Retail Pharmacy: Data, Debate, and Disruption. Three’s still company in the world of pharmacy benefit managers. I’ll be joined by special guest Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn Research, and President of 3 Axis Advisors.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 4, 2025

For 2024, average brand-name drugs list prices grew by only 2.3%. Employers, health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) determine the extent to which patients with insurance share in this ongoing deflation. Click here to see the original post from January 2025. It's time for Drug Channels annual examination of U.S.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 23, 2025

Last week, we examined the growing concentration of specialty drug dispensing revenues among the largest pharmacies. See The Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2024: How PBMs, Health Systems, and Independents Are Shaping the Market. Today, we dive deeper. Drawing from DCIs new 2025 Economic Report on U.S.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Below, I do a wicked deep dive into the data and highlight crucial implications about spending, profits, pharmacies, plans, patients, program integrity, and more. Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. There are important limitations to these data. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 16, 2025

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: What’s Next for Retail Pharmacy: Data, Debate, and Disruption. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. I’ll be joined by special guest Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn Research, and President of 3 Axis Advisors.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 3, 2025

There was more bad news, as employment in retail pharmacies and drugstores dropped by 8,500 positions in 2024, following a drop of 4,800 positions in 2023. Employment in mass merchants and supermarkets with pharmacies increased. Meanwhile, employment at hospitals surged to a new high, growing by nearly 7,000 positions in 2024.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 3, 2025

We received a response to our post on the prescribing red flags indicating the likelihood of certain prescriptions filled by Walgreens pharmacies were invalid because they lacked a legitimate medical purpose or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice. Gulf Med Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 86 Fed. at 50,374-75 n.18.

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Drugs.com

AUGUST 27, 2024

27, 2024 -- Nearly half of counties in the United States contain at least one “pharmacy desert,” where there’s no retail pharmacy within 10 miles, a new study reports.“As As pharmacies close, more and more Americans are left without easy. TUESDAY, Aug.

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Drugs.com

OCTOBER 3, 2024

3, 2024 -- Americans who turn to online pharmacies to find cheaper versions of expensive prescription medications, especially opioids, may instead be buying themselves dangerous drugs that could trigger an overdose, U.S. THURSDAY, Oct.

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Drugs.com

DECEMBER 4, 2024

4, 2024 -- About a third of America’s pharmacies have closed since 2010, amounting to an “unprecedented decline” in neighborhood drug stores, a new study finds.The drop began in 2018, primarily driven by store closures among chain ph. WEDNESDAY, Dec.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 2, 2025

Click here to see the original post from December 2024. Below, I do a wicked deep dive into the data and highlight crucial implications about spending, profits, pharmacies, plans, patients, program integrity, and more. Its time to pay attention to the money behind the 340B curtain.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 31, 2025

Threes still company in the world of pharmacy benefit managers. For 2024, nearly 80% of all equivalent prescription claims were processed by three familiar companies: the CVS Caremark business of CVS Health, the Express Scripts business of Cigna, and the Optum Rx business of UnitedHealth Group. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Weve enjoyed bringing you our perspectives and curated links in 2024. Wishing you and your family health and happiness, Adam and the DCI team In this issue: Unexplainable pharmacy reimbursements in Medicare Part D Surprise! Read more 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company.

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Drugs.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

20, 2024 -- The days of waiting for a flu shot at your doctor's office or local pharmacy may be over: The U.S. FRIDAY, Sept. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved FluMist nasal spray as the first influenza vaccine that can be.

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Drugs.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

20, 2024 -- The days of waiting for a flu shot at your doctor's office or local pharmacy may be over: The U.S. FRIDAY, Sept. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved FluMist nasal spray as the first influenza vaccine that can be.

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Drugs.com

DECEMBER 19, 2024

19, 2024 -- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil complaint against CVS Pharmacy Inc., accusing the nations largest pharmacy chain of unlawfully filling prescriptions for highly addictive opioids and violating f. THURSDAY, Dec.

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Drugs.com

JUNE 18, 2024

TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 -- Patients are less likely to fill prescriptions for the overdose-reversing drug naloxone when they have to shell out more at the pharmacy, a new study finds.Naloxone (also known by the brand name Narcan) is a critical.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 19, 2024

I am pleased to announce our new 2024 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers , available for purchase and immediate download. The 2024 Economic Report on U.S. This 2024 edition includes substantial new material—outlined on page ix of the report overview. All rights reserved.

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Drugs.com

APRIL 15, 2024

MONDAY, April 15, 2024 -- Americans are facing more shortages of the drugs they need for medical care than ever before, a national pharmacy database shows.The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHSP) and the University of Utah Drug.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In Medicare Part D in 2024: The Seven Largest Companies' Preferred Pharmacy Networks and the Coming Collapse of the PDP Market , I documented how those networks now dominate stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) and have become a major presence in Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drugs.com

OCTOBER 15, 2024

15, 2024 -- Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the U.S. TUESDAY, Oct. Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a national drug shortage.

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Drugs.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

2, 2024 -- For nearly a week, prescription drug orders have been disrupted at thousands of pharmacies as the largest health insurer in the United States tries to fully restore services following a cyberattack. TUESDAY, Feb. The security breach was.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 7, 2024

On March 19, 2024, Drug Channels Institute will release The 2024 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. We are providing you with the opportunity to preorder this thoroughly updated, revised, and expanded 2024 edition at special discounted prices. prescription drug channels.

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Drug Channels

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Angie discusses how the Maximum Fair Price provision of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will challenge providers, pharmacies, and manufacturers. Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. Read on for Angie’s insights.

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Drug Channels

JANUARY 23, 2024

In a previous article , I highlighted the largest pharmacy chains that will participate in the 2024 Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP). As you will see below, the largest PSAOs have effectively abandoned PDP’s preferred networks in 2024. Look out below! All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

MAY 7, 2024

It's time for Drug Channels ’ annual update of vertical integration among insurers, PBMs, specialty pharmacies, and providers within U.S. Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. drug channels. All rights reserved. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Drug Channels

AUGUST 6, 2024

In the video excerpt below, I walk through a brief history of 340B contract pharmacies. I conclude with a “follow the dollar” example of 340B prescription economics with contract pharmacies. I conclude with a “follow the dollar” example of 340B prescription economics with contract pharmacies. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In this issue: An update on the retail pharmacy shakeout Arguing for high drug prices A leading researcher provides a 340B reality check Physicians don’t want pharmacists getting uppity Plus, Dave Grohl fights for your right to…have healthcare price transparency? Sorry, no Threads.) All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 1, 2024

Despite skyrocketing sales for anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs, many retail pharmacies are losing money on every prescription. The common factor behind these two disparate situations: Pharmaceutical wholesalers’ unusual pricing for brand-name drugs sold to pharmacies, hospitals, and other buyers. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 12, 2024

Next week, Drug Channels Institute (DCI) will release our 2024 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. We’re offering special discounted pricing if you order before April 7, 2024. How will the most consequential change in federal drug pricing policy affect the largest pharmacies and PBMs?

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Drug Channels

APRIL 16, 2024

Drug Channels Institute’s (DCI’s) latest analysis finds that participants in the specialty pharmacy market continue to get more diverse—although revenues remain highly concentrated. Read on for DCI’s latest overview of the 2023 marketplace and revenues of the biggest market participants, along with key specialty pharmacy trends.

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Drug Channels

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Read on for five key pricing, pharmacy, provider, and manufacturer trends that are driving the U.S. For even more, check out DCI's new 2024-25 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors , the fifteenth edition of our deep dive into wholesale distribution channels. drug wholesaling industry.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Despite skyrocketing sales for anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs, many retail pharmacies are losing money on every prescription. The common factor behind these two disparate situations: Pharmaceutical wholesalers’ unusual pricing for brand-name drugs sold to pharmacies, hospitals, and other buyers. to 1:30 p.m.

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