Pharmacy
Sackler family would exit Purdue, pay $3 billion; the company would give more than $10 billion towards opioid overdose reversal medications.
The company saw a market opportunity in helping bring independent pharmacies into the digital and mobile economy.
Employers, health plans and unions may enroll; Covered consumers have no out-of-pocket payment for medication.
Arguments against the merger were insufficient to undermine the settlement agreement reached by the Department of Justice, judge says.
Walmart and Walgreens are among pharmacies in new Clearinghouse Model to eliminate drug price variability and lower costs.
From 1980 through 2018, the FDA approved a total of 126 cancer drugs to treat solid and hematologic tumors.
From 1992 to 2008, 36% of post-market studies had not been completed, and many took five years to even begin.
Price increases do indeed get passed down to patients, the authors found, and that can negatively impact access.
Pharmaceutical costs are already a large share of most health organizations' budgets and this year's inflation rate may increase drug budgets.
Part D plan sponsors mainly used five PBMs in 2016: CVS Caremark, OptumRx, Express Scripts, Medimpact and Argus.