Safe Biologics

JULY 13, 2023

REGISTER NOW: July 26th ASBM/GaBI Webinar on IRA Medicare Price Negotiation On July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) will host the first of two webinars examining the implications for patients and healthcare providers of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). REGISTER HERE.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s new live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2024 This event will be broadcast live on Friday, December 15, 2023 12:00 p.m. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2023 Video Webinar Series.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

drug prices really higher than other countries? Coming soon: Drug Channels Outlook 2025 , our biggest live video webinar of the year. In this issue: Intriguing data on how employers oversee their PBMs State Medicaid programs carve out PBMs—and get a 340B windfall Are U.S.

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Drug Channels

JULY 5, 2022

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: Specialty Drugs Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2022 Video Webinar Series. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 5, 2024

Fein, president of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s latest live video webinar: Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act This event will be broadcast live on Friday, April 5, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for his latest video webinar: Drug Channels Update: Buy-and-Bill Market Trends. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2021 Quarterly Video Webinar Series. Friday, September 24, 2021, from 12:00 p.m.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 31, 2023

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for today’s live video webinar: Discount Cards, Cost-Plus Pharmacies, and PBMs: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. Time for the Drug Channels annual reality check on drug pricing. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute. healthcare expenditures.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2022. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2021 Quarterly Video Webinar Series. The Outlook 2022 marks our third annual outlook webinar.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 5, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for today’s live video webinar: Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act. Thanks to the IRA, Part D Plans Will Prefer High-List, High-Rebate Drugs. It's time for Drug Channels ’ annual reality check on U.S. drug pricing.

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Drug Channels

MAY 21, 2024

Fein, president of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s new live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook This event will be broadcast live on Friday, June 21, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The common factor behind these two disparate situations: Pharmaceutical wholesalers’ unusual pricing for brand-name drugs sold to pharmacies, hospitals, and other buyers. Below, I walk through the economic fundamentals to help you understand another obscure aspect of our opaque drug pricing system. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 22, 2022

See The GoodRx-Kroger Blowup: Spread Pricing, Pharmacy Margins, and the Future of Discount Cards. In the video below, I discuss how generic drug pricing and the rise of patient-paid, discount card prescriptions pose a risk to pharmacy benefit plans and the PBM business. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Minnesota just released the industry‘s first ever mandated financial report on the 340B Drug Pricing Program. During next week’s Drug Channels Outlook 2025 live video webinar, he'll tell you what's ahead for the program that continues to defy gravity. There are important limitations to these data.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 10, 2025

The 340B Drug Pricing Program has emerged as a growing source of profits for pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). and Antonio Ciaccia on June 20 for a new live video webinar: What’s Next for Retail Pharmacy: Data, Debate, and Disruption. It was meant to be part of patient care.” Fein, Ph.D., All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

JULY 12, 2024

Gavin discusses the three key reasons for duplicate discounts between the 340B Drug Pricing Program and the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. To learn more, register for Kalderos’ August 21, 2024, webinar: Revolutionizing Government Discount Programs: Why Traditional Methods Fail. Read on for Gavin’s insights.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 1, 2021

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for his latest live video webinar: Drug Channels Update: 340B Controversies and Outlook. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2021 Quarterly Video Webinar Series. Friday, June 25, 2021 (12:00 p.m.

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Drug Channels

AUGUST 21, 2020

As regular readers know, I believe the 340B Drug Pricing Program needs to evolve into a more transparent, properly regulated program. To help the industry learn more about 340B rebates, Kalderos is sponsoring a live video webinar: Evolving 340B: Moving from Discounts to Rebates. to 1:00 p.m.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 23, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Quarterly Update: Patients, Payers, and PBMs. It was another year of unexpected drug price developments. In 2020, brand-name drug net prices dropped for the third consecutive year.

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Safe Biologics

JULY 20, 2023

REGISTER NOW: July 26th ASBM/GaBI Webinar on IRA Medicare Price Negotiation On July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) will host the first of two webinars examining the implications for patients and healthcare providers of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). REGISTER HERE. Read it here.

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Safe Biologics

JULY 20, 2023

REGISTER NOW: July 26th ASBM/GaBI Webinar on IRA Medicare Price Negotiation On July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) will host the first of two webinars examining the implications for patients and healthcare providers of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). REGISTER HERE. Read it here.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 2, 2025

This week, Im rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Fridays live video webinar: PBM Industry Update: Trends, Challenges, and Whats Ahead. Minnesota just released the industrys first ever mandated financial report on the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Click here to see the original post from December 2024.

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Drug Channels

JULY 28, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Specialty Drugs Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. Time for Drug Channels ’ annual update on pricing at the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers. That’s why I refer to them as drug pricing flat earthers (#DPFE).

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Drug Channels

JUNE 4, 2024

Find out during The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook , a new live video webinar with Adam J. Click here to learn more and reserve your spot at the June 21 webinar. Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company.

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Safe Biologics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

ASBM & GaBI Webinar on Medicare Price Negotiation Examines Impact on Innovation, Patient Access On July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) hosted a webinar entitled MEDICARE DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATIONS: Impact on Healthcare Development and Patient Access to Medicines.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 8, 2020

When Americans complains about “drug prices,” most are actually complaining about the share of costs they pay—and how those costs are computed. drug channel. Today, I review four crucial issues that the new Congress could tackle to address affordability, patients' out-of-pocket obligations, and prescription prices.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 25, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrow's live video webinar: Drug Channels Quarterly Update: Patients, Payers, and PBMs. When Americans complain about “drug prices,” most are actually complaining about the share of costs they pay—and how those costs are computed.

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Drug Channels

AUGUST 6, 2024

If this clip whets your appetite for more, register to watch a replay of the full 90-minute video webinar from June. I conclude with a “follow the dollar” example of 340B prescription economics with contract pharmacies.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 12, 2024

Next week, Drug Channels Institute (DCI) will release our 2024 Economic Report on U.S. drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system. We’re offering special discounted pricing if you order before April 7, 2024. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. For 2023, DCI estimates that U.S. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

On March 18, 2025, Drug Channels Institute will release The 2025 Economic Report on U.S. drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system. prescription drug channels. Email Paula Fein ( paula@drugchannels.net ) if youd like to bundle the report purchase with access to DCIs video webinars.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 21, 2024

How will the most consequential change in federal drug pricing policy affect drug pricing? Find out during Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act , a new live video webinar with Adam J. Click here to learn more and reserve your spot at the April 5 webinar.

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Drug Channels

JANUARY 14, 2025

During my recent Drug Channels Outlook 2025 video webinar, I tackled a wide range of crucial topicsincluding the controversial 340B Drug Pricing Program. As I explain in this video excerpt, we may finally see reform of this rapidly expanding program.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to Kalderos, at least 5% of commercial rebates are paid for prescriptions that also have discounts under the 340B Drug Pricing Program. To learn about Kalderos’ Commercial Discount Monitoring solution, close your eyes and slip away with Micah at his free webinar on November 1, 2023, at 2:00 p.m.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 21, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for today's live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. The webinar begins at 12:00 PM ET. Click here to see the original post from March 2024.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 13, 2023

When rebates and discounts were factored in, brand-name drug prices again declined—or grew slowly—in 2022. However, some companies had net price gains. Consistent with our previous analyses, rebates and discounts reduced the selling prices of brand-name drugs at the biggest drugmakers to less than half of their list prices.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for today’s Drug Channels Outlook 2024 live video webinar. Drug Channels has just obtained new details on the size of the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The difference between list prices and discounted 340B purchases also grew, to $52.3 billion (+$2.6

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Drug Channels

JULY 26, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Specialty Drugs Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. More than $122 billion in "savings" (offsets) from the current drug pricing reconciliation legislation comes from blocking rebate reform—which never even happened.

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Safe Biologics

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In January, the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) published a whitepaper entitled “ Medicare Drug Price Negotiations: Impact on Healthcare Development and Patient Access to Medicines” The paper’s content is drawn from a webinar on the same topic hosted by ASBM and GaBI on July 26, 2023.

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