Doug Long on the State of U.S. Healthcare, Pharmacy Deserts and "Pretty Anemic" Number of Drug Launches | PBMI 2024
The IQVIA vice president and frequent speaker at pharmaceutical and managed care meetings shares some insights after he delivered the keynote talk at 2024 PBMI Annual National Conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. Long, a well-known figure in managed care circles, announced at the PBMI meeting that he is retiring in 2025.
Doug Long, vice president of industry relations at IQVIA, a frequent speaker at the PBMI Annual National Confernece and other pharmaceutical and managed care meetings, discussed what he sees as the fragile state of U.S. healthcare, pharmacy "deserts" and the relatively small number of new drug launches so far in this year.
Long sees the U.S. healthcare as being in a precarious position because of the number of retiring doctors, declining enrollment in pharmacy schools after years of increaes and cyberattacks such as the Change Healthcare attack earlier this year.
Long was interviewed by Managed Healthcare Executive last week after he gave the keynote talk at the 2024 Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI) Annual National Conference in Orlando, Florida. He announced that he is retiring in May 2025.
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