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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

The company has hired former senior health regulators to help it navigate America’s healthcare bureaucracy. . Then there is the cost of generic drugs. bil­lion in 2020 if it had pur­chased 77 of 89 drugs from Cuban’s firm. Generic drugs versus branded is also a considerable expense.

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Quebec Prohibits Financial Assistance by Drug Manufacturer for Patients’ Drug Costs

Pharma in Brief

Among the new prohibitions was one that would prohibit a manufacturer from offering any financial assistance to patients to help cover the cost of a drug on the provincial List of Medications (Quebec’s formulary). Notably, the coming into force of the prohibition was suspended pending the adoption of such regulation. 13, [link].

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Can you trust Turkey-approved Alipza? Is it the same as U.S.-Approved Livalo?

Pharmacy Checkers

A friend of mine, who has very difficult to control cholesterol, was prescribed Livalo, an FDA-approved brand of the drug pitavastatin. He went to our site to discover that brand-name Livalo ( pitavastatin ). He went to our site to discover that brand-name Livalo ( pitavastatin ). pharmacies. Let’s call him John.

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Valisure Supports Drug Importation

Pharmacy Checkers

online pharmacy that actually tests the quality of medication it sends to patients and apparently, to my delight, they support drug importation as a policy to lower costs. When people go online or to their local Walgreens to buy prescription drugs domestically, they are largely relying on the regulatory strength of the U.S.

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FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product for treatment of diabetes

The Pharma Data

The substitution may occur at the pharmacy, a practice commonly called “pharmacy-level substitution” – much like how generic drugs are substituted for brand name drugs, subject to state pharmacy laws, which vary by state.

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Biosimilars vs. Interchangeable Biological Products: FDA Fact Check

XTalks

In order to fact-check some of these misconceptions, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently hosted a webinar on biosimilar and interchangeable biological products to help healthcare professionals understand more about these treatment options. Biosimilars are the “genericdrugs of the biopharma world.

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Price Limits, Affordability Boards, Penalties, Oh My: Minnesota Enacts Sweeping Drug Pricing Reforms

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — On May 24, Minnesota enacted the Commerce and Consumer Protection Omnibus Bill, Senate File 2744 ( SF 2744 ), which significantly expands the state’s existing drug pricing activities with serious implications for all drug manufacturers, and particularly generic drug manufacturers.

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