This week, we’re reading about PBM market consolidation, the effects of drug affordability on patient behaviors, and innovative research to make ingestible medical devices safer and more practical.
- Politico: RFK Jr.’s future aides say they disagree with his vaccine views
- AJMC: PBM Satisfaction Stalls as Net Promoter Score Turns Negative
- Becker’s Hospital Review: 4 top PBMs now control 75% of market: 6 notes
- Reuters: Whistleblower loses fee bid in Walgreens' $4.7 billion settlement with US states
- MedCity News: New Coalition Launches to Expand Direct Contracting
- KFF Health News: Republicans and Democrats Find a Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers
- Medical Design & Outsourcing: MIT researchers develop bioresorbable batteries for ingestible medical devices
- U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Chairman Cassidy, Warner Introduce Bill to Improve PBM Reimbursement Data, Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
- Model N: One in Three U.S. Adults Delay, Stretch, or Don’t Fill Prescriptions When Costs Are Unclear, According to New Model N Research
- WOWO: Survey finds prescription cost uncertainty changing how Americans use medications
- Health Policy Institute of Ohio: Ohio Senate looks at requiring certification of pharmacy technicians
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