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Astellas Pharma CEO Q&a (Part 2): We Have To Have Alternatives for Prescription Medicine Business

MedCity News

The post Astellas Pharma CEO Q&a (Part 2): We Have To Have Alternatives for Prescription Medicine Business appeared first on MedCity News. In part 2 of our Q&A, Okamura addresses the need for biopharma companies to leverage digital technologies in disease management.

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Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value

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To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs.

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The continued shame of pharma

World of DTC Marketing

Nationwide, prescription drug spending last year is estimated to be $328 billion among all payers, including private insurance, Medicare Part D, and patients’ out-of-pocket expenses. Still, the pharma industry is fighting hard to keep it off the table. Nearly 9 in 10 older adults take prescription medication.

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Zócalo Health Teams Up with Mark Cuban’s Pharmacy to Increase Medication Access for Latino Patients

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Now all Zócalo patients have access to Cost Plus Drugs’ prescriptions, and the provider’s community health workers have been trained to help walk patients through the process of obtaining medications through the pharmacy.

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Can pharma really leverage social media?

World of DTC Marketing

Tik-Tok, Instagram, and other social media channels may soon be overwhelmed with pharma companies’ content, but is it a good idea? The types of professional content on Facebook that physicians are most likely to engage with include continuing medical education opportunities (37%) and physician online community information (31%).

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Why hasn’t pharma embraced email marketing?

World of DTC Marketing

Pharma has an opportunity to engage customers and caregivers via email but they can’t send out product flyers. The highest response rate we received included the tile “what’s the best time of day to take your medication?” The other challenge for pharma in an email marketing campaign is privacy.

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Why can’t pharma unite to fight common complaint

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: The biggest argument against pharma is the cost of prescription drugs. Pharma could do something about this by simply uniting to make it easier for patients who can’t afford their medications to get them free or at little cost.

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