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Who Is Responsible for the High Cost of Prescription Drugs? One Advocate Weighs In

MedCity News

Multiple stakeholders are to blame for prescription drug costs, including pharmaceutical companies and PBMs, according to Merith Basey, executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs. The post Who Is Responsible for the High Cost of Prescription Drugs? One Advocate Weighs In appeared first on MedCity News.

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Pharma managers too far removed from patients

World of DTC Marketing

As people move up the pharma ladder, their work often revolves around internal management issues, training, and endless meetings to motivate their employees rather than focus on patients. Pharma likes to believe its own propaganda that everything they do is patient-focused, but that’s a canard.

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

MedCity News

Zócalo Health, a virtual primary care provider designed for Latino patients, recently forged a collaboration with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs.

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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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Too many patients aren’t filling their prescriptions. Here’s how the industry can change that.

Fierce Pharma

Medication adherence is a large and growing challenge for pharma companies, healthcare providers and the patients they serve. Research shows that 20% of patients have failed to fill a script in the past, and one-third aren’t confident managing their illness. Engaging patients from the moment a drug is prescribed can help.

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A new era of pharma marketing?

World of DTC Marketing

Just 13% of people trust the pharma companies they interact with. If pharma is going to leap to a new era of marketing, they have to get to know their audiences. Some believe that these behaviors won’t translate to prescription drugs, but that would be a mistake. The post A new era of pharma marketing?

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Uniqueness if pharma DTC

World of DTC Marketing

Pharma DTC marketing is unique, and drug marketers need to think more about the journey from awareness to requesting an Rx. In addition, the patient journey is different for each product category and audience. The hottest pharma product is Lilly’s diabetes drug, hyped by the media as helping patients lose weight.

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