pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Drug prices to plummet in wave of expiring patents”. Price decay after loss of brand exclusivity”. These are just three headlines that come up when you Google “drug patent expiry”. Between December 1, 2018 and January 31, 2019, 65% of erectile dysfunction prescriptions filled were for Viagra or its generic version 12.

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Proxsys Rx

MARCH 23, 2023

The cost of prescription non-adherence to the community at large — which ultimately pays for uncompensated care (particularly for hospital readmissions) — is staggering. It’s an absolutely sound business model for a tremendous amount of prescriptions, at least where out-of-pocket costs to patients is concerned.

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Ramblings of a pharmacist

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

I’ll also note that I’m not certain that the “Pharmacy” revenue is ONLY prescription fills. Digest per prescription revenue figure is believable (it’s also down about $6 since I started paying attention to the Digest , hence my annoyance at people that blame pharmacists for “skyrocketing drug prices.”

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