NEW YORK — Amazon has put another building block in place as it works to bring the experience of pharmacy customers fully into the digital era. This morning the company unveiled a feature on the Amazon Pharmacy website that automatically applies coupons offered by a select group of brand-name drug makers to the orders of
Dr. David Carmouche, senior vice president of omnichannel care at Walmart, tells this week’s Video Forum about the company’s plan to double the footprint of its eponymous health centers. He also shares his insights about the evolution of the format since its inception in 2019, how the clinics relate to the Supercenters they adjoin,
The dispensing of mifepristone, one of two medications used sequentially to terminate pregnancy, has emerged as a very thorny problem for Walgreens, one that will, in short order, engulf other retail pharmacies across the country. The issue burst into prominence at the beginning of February when the attorneys general of 20 states wrote a letter
Christine Baeder, chief operating officer for generics and biosimilars at Teva USA and newly named chair of the Association for Accessible Medicines, tells this week’s Video Forum about the threats facing the generic pharmaceutical industry and what should be done to counter them. She also discusses the relatively slow pace of adoption of biosimilars in
In the final installment of a two-part interview, Todd Huseby, a partner at Kearney and leader of the consulting firm’s consumer health care practice, tells this week’s Video Forum how such developments as the emergence of large health care ecosystems, the growing involvement of digitally based companies, and the changing attitudes of payers will impact
CVS Health’s long anticipated push into primary care represents yet another milestone for the company, which in little more than three decades has transformed itself from a regional drug chain into one of the nation’s leading multifaceted health care providers, as well as a potential turning point in the way many patients access treatment. The
TUCSON, Ariz. — Alex Cosimano, a specialty pharmacy manager at Walgreen Co., is joining the team of medical advisors at Learn Look Locate, a website that provides access to information and advice from health care professionals for breast cancer patients. Cosimano has more than 10 years of experience in community and specialty pharmacy, oncology infusion,
In this week’s Video Forum, Todd Huseby, a partner at consulting firm Kearney and leader of the company’s consumer health care practice, examines trends currently shaping the industry and their relation to developments in the broader economy. Among the issues that Huseby addresses are the high cost of health care, its impact on community pharmacy
By now it has become a familiar refrain: Amazon is taking another step to extend its reach in the $4 trillion health care sector. Late last month [January], the company launched RxPass, a benefit that gives Amazon Prime members access to some 50 generic medications, used to treat 80 common health problems, for a flat
Sheila Arquette, president and CEO of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy, tells this week’s Video Forum about recent developments in specialty pharmacy. Among the subjects she addresses are what community pharmacies can do to raise their profile in specialty Rx, the importance of coordination across the continuum of care, the impact of biosimilars, and
It is all but certain that many of the nation’s retail pharmacy operators — including the two biggest, CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance — will soon find themselves caught in the middle of the nation’s culture wars, having been thrust into the debate over abortion rights by a recent shift in policy at the
In the conclusion of a two-part interview, Haleon CEO Brian McNamara and Lisa Paley, president of the O-T-C supplier’s North American business, discuss the self-care category’s standing in a post-COVID world. Among the issues addressed are the continued importance of Rx-to-O-T-C switches, steps that the company is taking to fuel innovation, and the need for
This week’s Video Forum features two leaders of the newly minted Haleon. Brian McNamara, CEO of the company formerly know as GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, and Lisa Paley, president of the business in North America, talk about how the nonprescription drug supplier intends to live up to its purpose of delivering better everyday health with humanity.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The future of health care in this country will center on ecosystems that span the continuum of care. A number of entities, including companies with roots in chain pharmacy, are in the process of altering their business model to align with the new paradigm. None of them is further along in assembling
