As more high-cost drugs reach the market, the meaning of value gains more attention, especially in the specialty pharmacy market. One way to assess value is to use a cost-effectiveness analysis to ...

Objective: To investigate the extent to which preferred drug lists and tiered formularies reflect evidence of value, as measured in published cost-utility analyses (CUAs). Methods: Using 1998-2001 ...

Why the time is right for P&T committees to incorporate real-world data and ‘real-world science’ into their product assessments. The spiraling cost of prescription drugs is creating unprecedented ...

Delving deep into drug prices often requires a special vocabulary. Here are some definitions of frequently used terms to help you out on your journey. This is similar to "step therapy," a provision in ...

Generic and biosimilar drugs are becoming more expensive and less accessible to patients because of their formulary placement, according to Drug Topics. Pharmacy benefit managers are increasingly ...

Express Scripts Holding, a pharmacy benefit manager that negotiates drug prices for many health plans, will launch a formulary with lower list price drugs in an effort to reduce reliance on rebates ...

The Senate will soon debate Medicare drug price "negotiation," or repeal of the "non-interference" clause of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which prevents government interference in the ...

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Lyster Army Health Clinic's pharmacy has expanded its medication list over the past three years to better serve its retiree population and make filling prescriptions even easier. The increased ...

SEATTLE Zynchros has unveiled a new program that will be used to deliver export services to health care information technology vendors. Zynchros provides technology solutions to health insurers and ...

The Bermuda Health Council has paused further guidance on the price of pharmaceuticals in the wake of “rapid changes” in the ...