JC Scott (00:08): Welcome to the Pharmacy Benefit, a podcast where we talk about issues impacting patients, consumers, and affordable access to prescription drugs and better healthcare through the work being done by pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs. I’m
Pharmacy Benefit Companies Negotiate with Big Drug Companies to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Patients and Families Last week, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing, “The Need to Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans,”
Pharmacy Benefit Companies Ready to Work with Policymakers on Solutions to Build a More Competitive, Sustainable, and Affordable Prescription Drug Marketplace
Pharmacy benefit companies are strong proponents of a highly functioning biosimilar market. Bringing more biosimilars to market, over time, will allow PBMs to more effectively leverage competition to reduce drug costs for health plan sponsors and patients. As biosimilar competition
In case you missed it, Katie Payne, senior vice president for strategic communications for the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), discusses how the BIO International Convention happening this week in Boston, MA misses the critical opportunity to address the root
Pharmacy benefit companies are strong proponents of a highly functioning biosimilar market and have advocated for policy changes that will increase generic and biosimilar uptake and put an end to brand manufacturers’ tactics to extend exclusivity on brand-name biologics. As more
(Washington, D.C.) — Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt released the following statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to pass, S. 974, the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act: “Today’s vote in the
Pharmacy benefit companies push big drug companies for price concessions through rebates. 99.6 percent of rebates get passed directly to Medicare Part D plans, and 91 percent to other health plan sponsors, like employers and unions, who use those savings
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