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Eli Lilly Partners with Amazon Pharmacy for Home Delivery of Drugs

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LillyDirect Pharmacy Solutions, Eli Lilly’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) drugs website, is teaming up with Amazon Pharmacy to deliver select medications to people’s homes. Physicians can send prescriptions for their patients either to LillyDirect Pharmacy Solutions or Amazon Pharmacy.

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Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Touts "Safe, Affordable Medicines"

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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company now boasts over 700 prescription generic drugs for a variety of conditions, ranging from acid reflux to dementia to autoimmune diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis.

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STAT+: Civica Rx begins selling its first generic drug as it tries to overhaul the pharmaceutical supply chain

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In the latest bid to address high prescription drug costs, a nonprofit plans to sell a cheaper generic version of an expensive cancer medicine in the U.S.

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Faster FDA Approvals Don’t Affect Generic Drug Availability or Cost

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I’m proud to share that PharmacyChecker has published a white paper that examines prices and availability of newly approved generic drugs. Our report, based on 40 generic medications that were approved from 2017-2018, clearly shows that generic drug approvals often don’t lead to greater affordability or even access here in the U.S.

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Billionaire Mark Cuban steps up assault on US medicine prices

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Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, just got involved in the online pharmacy business, promising to “shield consumers from inflated drug prices.” Ulcerative colitis therapy mesalamine can be had from the online pharmacy for $32.40 All drugs are priced at cost plus 15% !

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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

Then there is the cost of generic drugs. Mark Cuban made a big splash in the world of gener­ic medications when he launched a new com­pa­ny ear­li­er this year, pledg­ing to on­ly charge a 15% mark-up for its gener­ic medicines, Wide­spread cost sav­ings from us­ing Cuban’s new com­pa­ny could be steep.

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PBMs and insurers want your prescription money

World of DTC Marketing

anti-kickback law that the drugmaker said prevented it from helping heart failure patients, many with low incomes, afford the medicine that costs $225,000 annually. A drug’s out-of-pocket cost is primarily the result of decisions made by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

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