Drug Channels

MARCH 31, 2025

Threes still company in the world of pharmacy benefit managers. For a deeper dive into the state of the industry, join me this Friday, April 4, 2025, for our live video webinar: PBM Industry Update: Trends, Challenges, and Whats Ahead. P.S. Special launch pricing on our new 2025 Economic Report on U.S.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 10, 2025

The 340B Drug Pricing Program has emerged as a growing source of profits for pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). pharmacy industry—function as contract pharmacies for the hospitals and federal grantees that participate in the 340B program. It was meant to be part of patient care.” Fein, Ph.D.,

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Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Small pharmacies have ghosted Medicare Part Ds preferred networksno farewell party, no breakup text, just a quiet exit. A few months ago , DCI highlighted how the largest pharmacy chains are participating as preferred cost sharing pharmacies in the 2025 stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) networks. Abracadabra!

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Drug Channels

JANUARY 14, 2025

During my recent Drug Channels Outlook 2025 video webinar, I tackled a wide range of crucial topicsincluding the controversial 340B Drug Pricing Program. As I explain in this video excerpt, we may finally see reform of this rapidly expanding program.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Hull A recent DEA decision revoking the registration of a Louisiana pharmacy sheds light on the Agencys approach to crediting one experts testimony over that of another expert during an administrative hearing. In Neumanns Pharmacy, LLC , 90 Fed. By Andrew J.

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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. Click here to see the original post from March 2025. Next week, Drug Channels Institute (DCI) will release our 2025 Economic Report on U.S. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 1, 2025

Click here to see the original post from January 2025. For 2025, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and Optum Rx (United Health Group)have again each excluded hundreds of drugs from their standard formularies. What do you think? All rights reserved.

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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. Click here to see the original post from March 2025. Three’s still company in the world of pharmacy benefit managers. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 4, 2025

Fein, president of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCIs new live video webinar: PBM Industry Update: Trends, Challenges, and What's Ahead This event will be broadcast live on Friday, April 4, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2025 Video Webinar Series.

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Drug Channels

JANUARY 7, 2025

Employers, health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) determine the extent to which patients with insurance share in this ongoing deflation. Read more 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. But signs of change to the conventional approaches are undeniable. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 18, 2025

I am pleased to announce that Drug Channels Institutes new 2025 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers is now available for purchase and immediate download. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 8, 2024

This unique, new event will be held from March 17 to 19, 2025, at the Turnberry Resort and Spa in Miami. The Leadership Forum will be an executive gathering where drug channel leaders can network and discuss key issues and challenges facing the commercial healthcare system.

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Drug Channels

MAY 28, 2025

Whats Next for Retail Pharmacy: Data, Debate, and Disruption. Dont miss DCIs first webinar of the year on June 20, 2025 (12:001:30 p.m. Well unpack the good, the bad, and the ugly of the pharmacy industryand explore what it means for you. ET), featuring Dr. Adam J. Fein and Antonio Ciaccia. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

MAY 21, 2025

Retail Pharmacy Update 2025: Data, Debate, and Disruption. Dont miss DCIs next webinar on June 20, 2025 (12:001:30 p.m. Well unpack the good, the bad, and the ugly of the pharmacy industryand explore what it means for you. Read more 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company.

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Drug Channels

MAY 30, 2025

Aaron introduces us to GoodRx Community Link , a new offering from GoodRx that allows independent pharmacies to contract directly with GoodRx. To learn about GoodRx Community Link, register for GoodRxs free webinar on either June 3, 2025, or June 4, 2025. Both webinars will be held at 11:00 a.m. Read on for Aarons insights.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 19, 2025

Attorneys Office, Northern District of Illinois, April 21, 2025. Patients filling prescriptions at the same time at multiple pharmacies. Patients traveling long distances to the prescriber and/or to the pharmacy. Houck Last month the U.S.

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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. What do you think?

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Fierce BioTech

DECEMBER 23, 2024

png Listing Introduction Join this webinar to receive expert guidance and learn key considerations for successfully planning pharmacy activities in early phase trials. On Demand Start Date Wed, 02/12/2025 - 15:00 Listing Image DrVince_ListingLogo_250x190.png

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Drug Channels

MAY 8, 2025

Mike shares key takeaways on patient access and affordability from CoverMyMeds 2025 Medication Access Report. He focuses on the systemic fragmentation that exists across payers, providers, and pharmacies. Read more 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. Read on for Mikes insights.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 27, 2025

So, scurry over to this months curated crop of noteworthy news: Amazon Pharmacy is still coming for retail pharmacy Express Scripts revives its long-lost drug trend report Prior authorization gold cards: Progress or peril? Read more 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This week, Im rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for todays Drug Channels Outlook 2025 live video webinar. (If As you will see below, CMS projects that outpatient prescription drugs dispensed by retail and mail pharmacies will remain a small share of total U.S. If you sign up before 12 p.m. ET, you can attend the live event.)

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Drug Channels

MARCH 26, 2025

on April 4, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. Read more 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. P.S. Join my more than 61,000 LinkedIn followers for daily links to neat stuff along with thoughtful and provocative commentary from the DCI community. Join Adam J. Fein, Ph.D., to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Informa Connect’s Trade and Channel Strategies December 10-12, 2024 at the W Hotel in Philadelphia, PA Drug Channels readers save 10% with code 24DC10 * Pharmacy and distribution models are growing increasingly complex. Is my organization haemorrhaging money to stay afloat with the shift to alternative distribution and pharmacy models?

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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. Whats Next for Retail Pharmacy: Data, Debate, and Disruption. Dr. Adam J. Click here to register.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This week, Im rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrows Drug Channels Outlook 2025 live video webinar. However, provider pushback has limited specialty pharmacies' share gains, so that buy-and-bill remains the most common channel for these products. Click here to see the original post from September 2024.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 21, 2025

Greg discusses some of the challenges manufacturers face with product commercialization, patient access and adherence, and negotiating partnerships with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Read more 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. Read on for Greg's insights.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 6, 2025

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. Biosimilars and Generics : Where cost competition necessitates strategic brand differentiation and efficient coverage.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 11, 2025

He holds a PhD in pharmacy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. The Rise of Multimodal Language Models in Drug Development (2025). Connect on LinkedIn >> Literature Geukes Foppen RJ, Gioia V, Zoccoli A, Velez CN.

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Drug Channels

MAY 16, 2025

Divya shares new GoodRx data showing that out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy counter remain a primary barrier to medication adherence. To learn about GoodRxs prescription abandonment solutions, download Reduce Rx Abandonment at the Pharmacy. Read on for Divyas insights. Read on for Divyas insights. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 4, 2025

Click here to see the original post from January 2025. Employers, health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) determine the extent to which patients with insurance share in this ongoing deflation. Read more 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. brand-name drug pricing.

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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 Background.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This landmark event will take place in March 2025 in Miami. (If Wishing you and your family health and happiness, Adam and the DCI team In this issue: Unexplainable pharmacy reimbursements in Medicare Part D Surprise! Did you miss the Drug Channels Outlook 2025 video webinar? In January, HMP Global acquired DCI. No worries!

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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. During next week’s Drug Channels Outlook 2025 live video webinar, he'll tell you what's ahead for the program that continues to defy gravity.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 15, 2025

You'll learn how money and medicines move between manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, PBMs, and payersand how each relationship affects costs and outcomes. The Economics of Retail, Mail, and Specialty Pharmacies Gain a clear-eyed view of how different pharmacy channels generate revenue and manage costs. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 2, 2025

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 2006-2025 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. There are important limitations to these data.

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Broad Institute

JUNE 16, 2025

By Allessandra DiCorato June 16, 2025 Credit: Allison Colorado, Broad Communications Giulia Monti studies Alzheimer's disease in the lab of Anna Greka. I thought that this was where I could learn the most,” said Monti, who is originally from Como, Italy, and completed a master’s degree in pharmacy at the University of Milan.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This week, Im rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Fridays Drug Channels Outlook 2025 live video webinar. As you reread the article below, note that some manufacturers have already announced wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) list price declines for 2025. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

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