GoodRx Joins with Boehringer Ingelheim to Streamline Access to Savings Program

GoodRx is growing its relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers to integrate their savings programs with the GoodRx platform to offer better access to patients for their medications

Philip Morris’ Recent Acquisitions Support its Beyond Nicotine Strategy

Philip Morris outlined its Beyond Nicotine strategy at its most recent Investor Day. The company is focusing on selfcare wellness, including botanicals and inhaled therapeutics that are expected to have an addressable market of around $65 billion by 2025.

AstraZeneca’s Saphnelo to Compete with GSK’s Benlysta to Treat Lupus

Saphnelo, while primarily available through the leading specialty drug distributors, is also available through Amber Specialty Pharmacy and US Bioservices

Optum Frontier Therapies Selected by Albireo as a Limited Pharmacy Partner for Bylvay

Optum® Frontier Therapies, a specialty pharmacy dedicated to people with rare disease, was founded to optimize every aspect of advanced therapeutics, from the point of prescribing to treatment and beyond

JNJ’s UPTRAVI (selexipag) Receives FDA Approval for Intravenous Use in Adults

The FDA approved UPTRAVI® (selexipag) injection for intravenous (IV) use for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group I) in adult patients with WHO functional class (FC) II–III, who are temporarily unable to take oral therapy

HealthTrust and Steward Health Care Extend Exclusive Supply Chain Agreement

HealthTrust and Steward Health Care announced a long-term extension of the companies’ exclusive agreement for supply chain and GPO support services

New PBM Platform, DomaniRx, Launched by SS&C, Anthem, and Humana

SS&C, Anthem, and Humana recently entered into a joint venture, named DomaniRx, LLC, to develop a contemporary, cloud-native platform to support the operation of a full service pharmacy benefits manager

Vizient Launches Direct to Employer Solutions for Health Care Systems

To meet the increasing demand from self-insured employers looking to contract with health care provider networks, Vizient, Inc. announced the launch of its Direct to Employer Solutions for health care systems.