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An Upcoming White House Decision May Jeopardize Americans’ Access to Life-Saving Drugs

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The White House might soon finalize a rule that will either save or cost patients billions of dollars in prescription drug costs. The rule concerns “copay accumulators,” which are programs health plans use to prevent copay assistance from counting toward patients’ deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.

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Meeting the needs of rare disease patients: Improved access to specialty pharmaceuticals, gene and cell therapies

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Specialty carve outs that move specialty drugs away from traditional prescription drug management to a pharmacy benefit administrator (PBA) or specialty administrator will continue and likely to provide cost savings.

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Consumer Choice Is the Key to Solving Our Massive Prescription Drugs Non-Adherence Problem

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What we need to overcome adherence challenges is a digitally enabled marketplace of options that can be personalized to the patient and the context of their specific condition, pharmacy preference and ability to pay.

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Free Prescription Drugs Are Often Available—If Only Your Doctor Can Find Them

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The more pressing issue is that there is no mechanism in place to make this information easily digestible, personalized to each patient, and placed in context with competitors’ prices. Price transparency has come a long way over the past couple of years, with insurance companies and hospitals now required to publicly disclose their prices.

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The Journey to Personalized Healthcare

MedCity News

We can apply this approach in pharma by enhancing our patient journey maps and go beyond focusing on the key clinical engagement touch points (e.g., doctor visits, prescription pickups) and enriching our insights with the micro-moments surrounding these obvious events.

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Access solutions: the missing link that prevents biopharma innovation from reaching patients

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Science has taken a vertical growth trajectory, yet such innovations are, at best, slow to reach the patients in need. We believe that innovation in patient access models is the necessary catalyst to aid patients in starting on and staying on the therapies they need to improve their lives.

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2024: A Pivotal Year in Curbing Pharmacy Costs

MedCity News

In 2023, prescription drug costs rose by 8.4%, a 31% increase from the prior year. If these dual forces converge, they have the power to bring about a transformative shift that can lower drug spend for millions of American patients. 2024 stands at a critical juncture in the battle against soaring pharmacy costs.