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. Click here to share your thoughts on the pharmacist job market with the Drug Channels LinkedIn community.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 52

Drug Channels

MARCH 31, 2025

Threes still company in the world of pharmacy benefit managers. Below, we break down the latest market share data from Drug Channels Institute (DCI), explore the developments driving these changes, and examine what they signal for the future of the PBM landscape. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers ends today (3/31/25)!

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

MARCH 7, 2023

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: Discount Cards, Cost-Plus Pharmacies, and PBMs: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook This event will be broadcast live on Friday, March 31, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 98

Drug Channels

JULY 12, 2022

Despite what you may have heard, pharmacy participation in the 340B Drug Pricing Program continues to thrive. Drug Channels Institute’s latest analysis reveals that an astonishing 32,000 pharmacy locations —more than half of the entire U.S. Is this really what Congress intended when the 340B program was established in 1992?

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Hospitals Drugs 98

Drug Channels

MAY 23, 2023

In 2022, the PBM market remained highly consolidated—although there were some intriguing share shifts among the largest players. Below, you’ll find Drug Channels Institute's latest estimates of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market share based on equivalent prescription claims. to 1:30 p.m.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

MARCH 12, 2024

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. prescription dispensing revenues reached $621 billion in 2023, driven by accelerating GLP-1 prescriptions and an expanding post-pandemic market. How will the most consequential change in federal drug pricing policy affect the largest pharmacies and PBMs? to 1:30 p.m.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

MARCH 8, 2023

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. The largest 15 pharmacies accounted for more than 75% of total dispensing revenues from retail, mail, long-term care, and specialty pharmacies. How will GoodRx and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company affect the pharmacy industry? to 1:30 p.m.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Specialty Pharmacies Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

MARCH 5, 2024

Fein, president of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s latest live video webinar: Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act This event will be broadcast live on Friday, April 5, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2024 Video Webinar Series.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Biosimilars Drugs Marketing 98

Drug Channels

AUGUST 6, 2024

In the video excerpt below, I walk through a brief history of 340B contract pharmacies. 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. Click here if you can’t see the video below.

Pharmacy 90

Pharmacy Hospitals Marketing Drugs 90

Drug Channels

MARCH 29, 2022

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: PBM Industry Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2022 Video Webinar Series. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. to 1:30 p.m.

Specialty Pharmacies 97

Specialty Pharmacies Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 97

Drug Channels

JULY 5, 2022

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: Specialty Drugs Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2022 Video Webinar Series. This event will be broadcast live on July 29, 2022 , from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 98

Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s new live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2024 This event will be broadcast live on Friday, December 15, 2023 12:00 p.m. The webinar will be broadcast from the Drug Channels studio in beautiful downtown Philadelphia. (Or,

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Drugs Biosimilars Marketing 98

Drug Channels

MARCH 27, 2023

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Discount Cards, Cost-Plus Pharmacies, and PBMs: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. The rise of discount card pricing within pharmacy benefit plans is a positive development. Links below. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 98

Drug Channels

MAY 22, 2023

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: PBMs and the Battle Over Patient Support Funds: Accumulators, Maximizers, and Alternative Funding This event will be broadcast live on Friday, June 23, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

Pharmacy 97

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing Therapies 97

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.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 98

Drug Channels

APRIL 5, 2022

The highly-consolidated PBM market notched another year of increased concentration. Consider Drug Channels Institute's latest estimates of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market share, shown in the chart below. Significant business relationships among the largest companies continue to shift market share.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The rise of discount card pricing within pharmacy benefit plans is a positive development. Patients get access to market prices that can be lower than their PBM’s contracted rate. I’ll cover what’s next for PBMs and discount cards during my upcoming live video webinar, Drug Channels Outlook 2023 , on December 16, 2022, from 12:00 p.m.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 98

Drug Channels

JULY 25, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Specialty Drugs Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. The highly-consolidated PBM market notched another year of increased concentration. Significant business relationships among the largest companies continue to shift market share.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Update: Buy-and-Bill Market Trends. I was struck by how quickly Cigna’s Express Scripts PBM business has increased revenues and prescriptions from its retail pharmacy network. Links below.

Pharmacy 97

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 97

Drug Channels

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2023. During Friday’s webinar, I’ll be sharing my updated thoughts about the IRA’s impact on manufacturers, Part D plans, and patient behavior. Click here to see the original post and comments from September 2022.

Biosimilars 98

Biosimilars Pharmacy Hospitals Marketing 98

Drug Channels

JULY 20, 2022

In this issue: CVS disassociates itself from its chain pharmacy association Payers are paying attention to ICER Benefits of the biosimilar boom A fantastic takedown of health insurance deductibles Plus, I join the Advisory Board of Alto Pharmacy. Cut through the steamy summer haze with our refreshing selection of articles and insights.

Biosimilars 98

Biosimilars Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 98

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.,

Pharmacy 59

Pharmacy Marketing Hospitals Drugs 59

Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this issue: A reality check on Express Scripts’ purported “cost-based” pharmacy network Mark Cuban explains how and why the PBM market will change Why two drug prices are better than one Pharmacists sing the retail pharmacy shakeout blues Plus, two Philly legends meet at a cardiology conference! to 1:30 p.m.

Pharmacy 97

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 97

Drug Channels

MAY 2, 2023

In my most recent video webinar , I explored how the rapid expansion of patient-paid prescriptions—via cash-pay pharmacies and discount card vendors—is transforming the prescription market. retail pharmacy pricing. retail pharmacy pricing. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. and 12.4.3.

Pharmacy 97

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 97

Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2022. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2021 Quarterly Video Webinar Series. The Outlook 2022 marks our third annual outlook webinar. Broadcast live on December 17, 2021.

Specialty Pharmacies 72

Specialty Pharmacies Biosimilars Drugs Pharmacy 72

Drug Channels

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The 340B contract pharmacy market shows little sign of slowing down. Drug Channels Institute’s exclusive analysis of the 2024 market reveals that: About 33,000 pharmacy locations—more than half of the entire U.S. For an updated look at what’s next for the 340B contract pharmacy market, join Adam J.

Pharmacy 52

Pharmacy Specialty Pharmacies Hospitals Marketing 52

Drug Channels

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrow’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2023. Below, I highlight three unexpected findings from the data regarding GoodRx’s market position, when people use discount cards, how much they save, and why PBMs should still be worried about this market.

Marketing 98

Marketing Drugs Research Pharmacy 98

Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Update: Buy-and-Bill Market Trends. In Drug Channels Institute's list of the top 15 pharmacies of 2020 , we show that many of the largest U.S. Click here to see the original post and comments from May 2021.

Specialty Pharmacies 70

Specialty Pharmacies Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 70

Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In May, I recorded a brief video webinar for an on-demand business education session at Asembia's 2020 Specialty Pharmacy Summit Virtual Experience. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. You can watch the full video below. Read more » Copyright © 2006-2020 Pembroke Consulting, Inc. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

Specialty Pharmacies 52

Specialty Pharmacies Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 52

Drug Channels

JUNE 12, 2024

The 340B contract pharmacy market shows little sign of slowing down. Drug Channels Institute’s exclusive analysis of the 2024 market reveals that: About 33,000 pharmacy locations—more than half of the entire U.S. For an updated look at what’s next for the 340B contract pharmacy market, join Adam J.

Pharmacy 52

Pharmacy Specialty Pharmacies Hospitals Marketing 52

Drug Channels

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2022. The generic prescription market is being disrupted—but not by the big, bad spaceman from Seattle. Click here to see the original post and comments from August 2021.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In Consolidation and Preferred Pharmacy Networks in 2022’s Medicare Part D Plans , I highlighted how those networks have hijacked the world of stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP) and become a major presence in Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans. to 1:30 p.m. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing 98

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.)

Government 98

Government Specialty Pharmacies Pharmacy Drugs 98

Drug Channels

JUNE 18, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. One important update to the figures below: We (and many others) had significantly underestimated Walgreens' revenues and market share.

Specialty Pharmacies 52

Specialty Pharmacies Pharmacy Marketing Hospitals 52

Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In this issue: Mark Cuban schools Elon Musk on PBMs Market access lessons from Semglee Gen Z rejects the pharmacy career path A potent call for 340B transparency Plus, get ready to love the ‘90s again! Please join me for my upcoming live video webinar, Drug Channels Outlook 2023 , on December 16, 2022, from 12:00 p.m.

Pharmacy 74

Pharmacy Drugs Marketing Biosimilars 74

Drug Channels

JANUARY 21, 2022

Today’s guest post comes from Chris Dowd, Senior Vice President of Market Development at ConnectiveRx. Chris discusses how COVID-19 is impacting stakeholders across the healthcare system, including patients, providers, pharmacies, and manufacturers.

Pharmacy 98

Pharmacy Marketing Drugs 98

Drug Channels

MARCH 18, 2025

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers is now available for purchase and immediate download. Pharmacies and PBMs, Examining $683 Billion Market Review pricing/license options and download the full 2025 report Order before March 31, 2025 to receive special discounted pricing! Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

Pharmacy 52

Pharmacy Specialty Pharmacies Licensing Licensing 52