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STAT+: Colorado lawmakers revise effort to exempt rare disease drugs from state cost caps

STAT

APRIL 12, 2024

Instead, the lawmakers introduced a watered-down version to require the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to consider different uses of any medicine with a so-called orphan designation, which refers to treatments for rare diseases. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Amylyx ALS drug draws criticism over $158,000 price tag

pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The third ALS treatment to be given FDA approval, following Mitsubishi Tanabe’s Radicava ($170,000 per year) and generic drug riluzole – Relyvrio is priced at around $12,500 per 28-day prescription. Following news of Relyvrio’s $158,000 annual price tag, both ALS advocates and outside observers have voiced outrage at the cost.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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Pear claims breakthrough tag for alcohol use disorder DTx

pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Digital health company Pear Therapeutics has won FDA breakthrough device status for reSET-A, its development-stage prescription digital therapeutic (DTx) for people with alcohol-use disorder. The post Pear claims breakthrough tag for alcohol use disorder DTx appeared first on. Photo by thom masat on Unsplash.

Blue Note leukaemia DTx gets FDA breakthrough tag

pharmaphorum

JANUARY 11, 2022

A prescription digital therapeutic (DTx) for leukaemia patients developed by Blue Note Therapeutics has been awarded breakthrough device status by the FDA. The post Blue Note leukaemia DTx gets FDA breakthrough tag appeared first on. Other DTxs are aimed at people being treated for breast and lung cancers.

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Use Your Hospital’s Retail Pharmacy 340B Drug Savings To Build A Specialty Pharmacy

Proxsys Rx

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In another article , the NIH notes that, “Since its infancy, specialty pharmacy providers have attached high-touch services to their overall price tags. According to a drug trend report by Evernorth , specialty drugs were used by less than 2% of the population in 2020, but accounted for more than 50% of prescription spending.

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3 ways pharma marketers can draw inspiration from digitally-native brands

pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Companies like prescription glasses firm Warby Parker, shoe brand Rothy’s and tele-dentistry’s SmileDirectClub have grown up in today’s digitally native environment and can offer some key pointers for pharma. Jeremy Richter, Tag. Build on the rapid responses to COVID-19.

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 29, 2022

For example, while orphan drug designations have more than doubled in the last decade compared to the previous one, only 16% of therapies with orphan tags have managed to gain FDA approval in some indications. Prior to the program, only 10 drugs were approved for a rare disease.

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Paw-sitively Efficient Inventory Management for Veterinary Professionals

epicur

DECEMBER 7, 2023

You can also use shelf labels, reorder tags, or other methods to help set up flags for when hospital supplies and consumables are running low. Set Up Alerts: Configure your practice management system or other software to notify you when stock levels reach the reorder point, ensuring you never run out of essentials.

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Patient adherence – the key to restoring trust in pharma

pharmaphorum

JANUARY 31, 2023

Medication is a staple of modern medicine, with almost 50% of adults in the United States taking at least one prescription medication. Given the high price tags placed on many medications, it’s easy to understand why patients often feel that they are being taken advantage of.

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Orphan drugs’ financial success raises questions

pharmaphorum

JUNE 2, 2022

By 2026, this would mean that orphan drug sales will account for 20% of all prescription drug sales. And of course, in many cases, these drugs have higher than average price tags compared to the wider market which is due to the limited – or in most cases – non-existent competition within a treatment area.”. Raising questions.

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Jab n Slim – Weight Loss in a Pen!

Fuld & Company Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

However, there are still plenty of people who are willing to pay out of pocket for semaglutide, despite the high price tag and, hence, could opt to pay for either Wegovy or Ozempic. With trials showing potential weight loss of 10% to 15% , for many, the price tag of $1,500 per month is well worth it.

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A history of Pfizer

pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 2, 2020

“Lipitor…became the biggest-selling prescription medicine ever, earning Pfizer $12 billion a year in 2007, one quarter of its total sales” The areas that Pfizer directed its research into expanded in these years as well. For all the latest Pfizer news follow pharmaphorum’s Pfizer tag.

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The Power of Visuals in Medico-Marketing

PharmaState Academy

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They get noticed, stand out among the other advertisements, because of just two reasons – the headlines and tag lines and the images and visuals. Emotions play a crucial role in decision-making when writing a prescription. And customers are willing to engage with them. Use high-quality visuals to tell your story better”.

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A history of Johnson & Johnson

pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

One McNeil product was the first prescription aspirin-free pain reliever, Tylenol (acetaminophen) elixir for children. For all the latest pharma news on Johnson & Johnson, follow pharmaphorum’s J&J and Janssen tags. In 1959, J&J acquired McNeil Laboratories in the US and also Cilag Chemie, AG in Europe.

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Viagra ‘should be tested as Alzheimer’s therapy’

pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 7, 2021

That finding could provide some comfort to Biogen and Eisai, whose recently-approved amyloid-targeting drug Aduhelm (aducanumab) is struggling to gain traction in the market on the back of unconvincing efficacy data, safety concerns and a high price tag.

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Ep. 005 – Dave Chase Podcast Transcript

Pharma Marketing Network

JUNE 8, 2020

I mean, you know, there has obviously been a lot of breakthrough biologics and different therapeutics like around cancers and things like that, that have high price tags because maybe they don’t have as big a market as you know, something’s wrong, you know blood pressure medication. So yeah, there is plenty to talk about there.

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Pharmacist Digest

STAT+: Colorado lawmakers revise effort to exempt rare disease drugs from state cost caps

Amylyx ALS drug draws criticism over $158,000 price tag

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Set Up A Retail Pharmacy

Pear claims breakthrough tag for alcohol use disorder DTx

Blue Note leukaemia DTx gets FDA breakthrough tag

Use Your Hospital’s Retail Pharmacy 340B Drug Savings To Build A Specialty Pharmacy

3 ways pharma marketers can draw inspiration from digitally-native brands

Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

Paw-sitively Efficient Inventory Management for Veterinary Professionals

Patient adherence – the key to restoring trust in pharma

Orphan drugs’ financial success raises questions

Jab n Slim – Weight Loss in a Pen!

A history of Pfizer

The Power of Visuals in Medico-Marketing

A history of Johnson & Johnson

Viagra ‘should be tested as Alzheimer’s therapy’

Ep. 005 – Dave Chase Podcast Transcript

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