Thanks to PBMs’ efforts to give patients an incentive to use them and pharmacies an incentive to purchase them at the lowest prices, generics are widely available and affordable for hundreds of millions of Americans.
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.) — The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released the following statement on a new report from the IQVIA Institute that shows net prescription spending is decreasing in settings in which pharmacy benefit management (PBM) tools are widely used.
(Washington, D.C.) — The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement today on a new Avalere study, Generic Drugs in Medicare Part D, Trends in Tier Structure and Placement, released by the Association for Accessible Medicines: As the
Unlocking an Affordable Future: Key #1 Ensure System Sustainability ENSURE SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY BY PROMOTING COMPETITION A competitive private market is the best way to manage drug costs. Interventions should be focused on fixing specific market failures or gaps rather than
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Welcome to the Pharmacy Benefit Brief. This brief is your monthly snapshot of news from America’s prescription drug supply chain including pharmacy benefit managers, independent pharmacies, and drug manufacturers. PLEASE, JUST THE FACTS ON PHARMACY COUNTS… When it comes to
A recent report from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission used publicly available drug pricing data in an attempt to identify proxies to highlight the differences between what health plan sponsors reimburse their pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) for a prescription versus
Pharmacy benefit companies actively promote the use of generics and biosimilars. Take a look at the data on drug utilization: 90 percent of prescriptions dispensed are generics or biosimilars. During last week’s hearing in the House Oversight Committee, Dr. Rena
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