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Generic and Biosimilar Drugs Save $408B For America’s Patients and Healthcare System in 2022

Big Molecule Watch

healthcare system, including patients, employers and taxpayers, saved $408 billion in 2022 by using FDA-approved generic and biosimilar drugs, per the AAM’s report. billion for patients in 2022. Notably, the U.S. healthcare spending.

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Two “Unresolvable” Prescribing/Dispensing Red Flags Unfurled

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

We received a response to our post on the prescribing red flags indicating the likelihood of certain prescriptions filled by Walgreens pharmacies were invalid because they lacked a legitimate medical purpose or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice. By Larry K. Deborah Dowell et al., 1, Recommendation 3.

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Before & After: Pharmacy’s Digital Revolution

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The Digital Revolution in numbers: 721 million UK Prescriptions Dispensed in 2005 (Pharmaceutical Journal). billion UK Prescriptions Dispensed in 2022 ( NHSBSA ). 375 and counting…UK Online Pharmacies (DSP’s) in 2022 ( Statista ). 56 UK Online Pharmacies in 2008/9 ( Statista ).

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Complex generics: The need and challenges

Quality Matters

Accounting for approximately 90% of prescriptions filled in the United States , generic medicines are essential to increasing patient access to important drug therapies. Complex generics: The need and challenges Generic medicines have benefited millions of Americans and saved trillions of dollars.

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ProxsysRx’s Meds To Beds Program Makes Immediate Impact Upon Launch At TMH

Proxsys Rx

In 2022 alone, TMH’s 710+ physicians, and its medical staff, saw 31,190 inpatient admissions. Knowing that, she’d asked her next-door-neighbor for help getting her prescription — which had been phoned-into the pharmacy.

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National, State Efforts Aim to Help Pharmacists Struggling with Burnout

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

California: A law passed in September 2021 prohibits using “metrics,” like a quota on number of prescriptions filled, to evaluate a pharmacist’s productivity. This article was adapted from the April 2022 edition of Innovations.

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Comparing Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) and Independent Pharmacies

Digital Pharmacist

Let’s start off with, what is Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC ): Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDS) was founded by Mark Cuban and Dr. Alexander Oshmyansky in January 2022. The personal care and connection one receives at an independent pharmacy will also be missing for the patients filling from MCCPDC.