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Express Scripts has announced further cuts on a number of reimbursed drugs to make its formularies more clinically appropriate and cost effective. Currently, Express Scripts covers approximately 3,791 drugs and the 2017-2018 exclusions would remove 159 drugs out of coverage. According to Express Scripts, most patients will not see any changes but a small percentage…

In 2016, California enacted End-of-Life Option Act. The Act specifically exempts pharmacist and physicians from liabilities for participating in the medically-assisted suicide. Approximately 504 California patients requested the prescriptions last year.

From the inception of the bill, a group of healthcare providers voiced a strong opposition to the Act. Last year, the group and the…

The new administration has vowed to lower drug prices. The new importation bill maybe exactly the solution to that. The bill – pending in Congress – proposes to remove importation barriers and enable Americans to purchase foreign drugs. In 2003, we came pretty close to drug importation through the Medicare Modernization Act. The Secretary of…

You’ve probably seen online coverage speculating whether Amazon will eventually enter the pharmacy market. Recently, Amazon hired several healthcare professionals (including pharmacists) to analyze the best ways to establish itself on the U.S. pharmacy market.

I’ve always been skeptical of Amazon’s efforts: too many regulations to comply, too much oversight, too much at stake for…