March 6th 2024
Simmering tensions in the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry have turned into fault lines. The PBMs challenging the "big three" have formed a trade association. Purchaser coalitions want change. The head of the industry's trade group says inherent marketplace friction has spilled over into political friction.
September 6th 2023
COVID-19 Response in Japan, Sweden and the United States
February 1st 2021Opinion piece by MHE's Editorial Advisory Board Member and CEO of The Pharmacy Group, Perry Cohen. Perry discusses the response differences and vague similarities between the countries and addresses the continuous question, "What is the new normal?"
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MHE 2020 Annual Pharmacy Survey pt. 3
July 31st 2020As it has done with so much else in healthcare, COVID-19 dominated our 2020 annual pharmacy survey. The disease was addressed in 10 of our 13 areas we covered, either within the question itself or as a possible answer. Third of three parts. See more in our Surveys tab.
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MHE 2020 Annual Pharmacy Survey pt. 2
July 30th 2020As it has done with so much else in healthcare, COVID-19 dominated our 2020 annual pharmacy survey. The disease was addressed in 10 of our 13 areas we covered, either within the question itself or as a possible answer. Second of three parts. See more in our Surveys tab.
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MHE 2020 Annual Pharmacy Survey
July 28th 2020As it has done with so much else in healthcare, COVID-19 dominated our 2020 annual pharmacy survey. The disease was addressed in 10 of our 13 areas we covered, either within the question itself or as a possible answer. First of three parts. See more in our Surveys tab.
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Opinion: The Future of Pharmacy Care Services, Post-Pandemic
July 27th 2020Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer for Optum Rx and member of the Managed Healthcare Executive® Editorial Advisory Board, David Calabrese, provides his commentary on the future of pharmacy care services after the coronavirus pandemic.
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How COVID has Shaped Consumer Health, Prescription Drug Trends
July 20th 2020SingleCare analyzed consumer prescription demand and fill data in the weeks leading up to shelter in place orders, beginning in March, and the subsequent months after the pandemic to see how COVID has impacted the healthcare trends of Americans.
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The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Role in a COVID-19 Vaccine
June 11th 2020Drug makers around the world are racing to develop the first effective COVID-19 vaccine. Early efforts show promise, but an anticipated jump in the novel coronavirus cases in the fall means the sooner a vaccine is developed, the more lives can be saved-and the pharmaceutical industry plays a major role in this discovery.
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AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso Keeps Most Lung Cancer Patients With Mutation Alive Two Years After Surgery
June 1st 2020Tagrisso, the targeted therapy made by AstraZeneca, could become the treatment of choice for the majority of lung cancer patients with mutations in a certain gene who are treated after surgery, based on findings presented this past weekend at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
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