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What Pharmacies Need to Know About Amazon RxPass, a $5/ Month Generic Drug Subscription

Digital Pharmacist

Prescriptions will be electronically managed and delivered directly to patients, leading to very little interaction (if any) with a pharmacy team member. Another potential problem is that patients might be considered non-compliant by their insurance company if they fill their medications out of network (ie: using RxPass).

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Express Scripts on the Road to Damascus?

Ramblings of a pharmacist

“Express Scripts® Launches New Initiative to Expand Rural Health Care Access Through Partnerships With Independent Pharmacies” I think that Express Scripts is doing everything they possibly can from a PR perspective to prevent wholesale breakup of their company and their business model. They do… to a point.

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Branded Drugs are upside down

Ramblings of a pharmacist

If you walk into an independent pharmacy and ask them how much money they make on branded drugs, you’ll probably hear several curses about PBMs (and maybe about wholesalers). This is because the market for branded drugs is upside down for pharmacies. regardless of your cost of goods.