Amazon Launches Online Pharmacy
Yesterday, Amazon announced the launch of its online pharmacy. Building on its acquisition of PillPack in 2018, Amazon is building its capacity to deliver medicine straight to every doorstep in America. Implications for the massive scaling of their front door deliveries of pharmaceuticals to patients, much like any other services Amazon provides, will have a […]
New Research Reveals Insights into Costs of Specialty Pharmaceuticals
We know that specialty drugs( most injectables, biologics, and drugs requiring specialized administration) are expensive but spending on specialty drugs has often been difficult to measure because of proprietary rebate payments by manufacturers to insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and state Medicaid agencies. A recent analysis by AHRQ researchers Hill, Miller, and Ding in Health Affairs […]
