Generic Drug

Amazon has further expanded its reach into health care with a new discount prescription drug program.

Looks like the squeaky (read: annoying!) wheel still gets the grease.

Lower-cost alternative drugs reduced total costs of care by approximately 5% while maintaining quality care among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, according to study results presented at ASCO Quality Care Symposium.

With the launch of his direct-to-consumer online pharmacy, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban aims to provide prescription drugs at lower prices than other online retailers and those mediated by pharmacy benefit managers.

Good morning from Jerusalem! It’s precisely “next year” today.

A study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes found that substituting generic CV medications for brand-name medications in the Medicare Part D prescription program may result in substantial cost savings.

Authorized generic drugs for insulin and direct-acting antiviral agents may lower out-of-pocket spending for patients but are unlikely to provide savings for Part D plans or Medicare, data show.

By substituting branded drugs requested by prescribers for generic versions, Medicare could have saved $997 million and patients could have saved $161 million in 2017, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

State laws regarding generic drug and interchangeable biologic substitutions vary widely in the United States, researchers reported.

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