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Leading retail pharmacies in pharma

Pharmaceutical Technology

Increasing diagnosis of chronic diseases is expected to lead to fast growth in retail pharmacies. The rising incidence of long-standing diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer requires prolonged medication and, thus, drives the growth and need for retail pharmacies in the market. Speciality care.

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NOW AVAILABLE: The 2022 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Drug Channels

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers , available for purchase and immediate download. Click here to download a free report overview (including key industry trends, the Table of Contents, and a List of Exhibits) New Drug Channels Institute Study Examines Consolidation and Vertical Integration of U.S.

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Behind the GoodRx-Express Scripts Partnership: How PBMs Profit from Discount Cards in Pharmacy Benefits (rerun)

Drug Channels

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.

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Behind the GoodRx-Express Scripts Partnership: How PBMs Profit from Discount Cards in Pharmacy Benefits

Drug Channels

The rise of discount card pricing within pharmacy benefit plans is a positive development. However, I suspect few people understand that placing discount cards within the pharmacy benefit enables a PBM to monetize a new fee stream from the card vendor. Links below.

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Amazon’s Pharmacy Should Support Importation to Offer Lower Drug Prices

Pharmacy Checkers

With drug prices in the spotlight of our national healthcare debate, one could certainly view Amazon’s entry last year into the pharmacy space as a welcome development. to bring lower-cost generic drugs to market faster are a great step in. prescription drugs. The price at a pharmacy. pharmacies.

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Should Blink Health advertise Canadian drugs on Google?

Pharmacy Checkers

The company Blink Health is advertising Canadian drugs on Google, even though it does not sell medication from Canadian pharmacies. This distinguishes them other drug price comparison leaders that offer pharmacy discount cards and coupons for U.S. pharmacies – ours is called the PharmacyChecker Discount Card.

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Top 60 U.S. Brand Name Drug Prices are 75% Lower Internationally, According to Rand Corporation Study

Pharmacy Checkers

For those of you looking for a methodologically strong analysis of international drug prices and a history of related studies, this is the report for you. In looking at all drugs, brand and generic, the percentage goes down to 256%. That’s because, as the report shows, generic drugs in the U.S. Here’s a retort.