Walgreens plans to expand its specialty pharmacy services and invest in its capabilities as the company further grows its core pharmacy business to improve patient outcomes and provide greater value to payers and partners.
The following company announcements are just a few of the specialty pharmacy company activities from this month. Subscribe to AMI’s Specialty Pharmacy Database to stay up to date on company and industry trends.
Specialty Pharmacy Accelerator Clearway Health Implementing New Gene Therapy Model at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC
Independence Blue Cross and Sun Life U.S. collaborate to provide Stop Loss insurance for Independence’s self-funded group customers
Independence Blue Cross (Independence) recently announced the launch of its Advanced Network for Gene-Based Therapeutics, which will be effective March 1, 2023
Aetna recently announced an initiative to launch a designated network to cover new gene therapies for rare diseases. This follows an initiative by CVS Health in 2019 to provide self-insured employers with a stop-loss program with Aetna health plans and cover gene therapies
Ashfield, part of UDG Healthcare plc, has announced the launch of EmerGENE, a global end-to-end cell and gene therapy network approach which promises to support small and midsize biotechs with the commercialization of their discoveries
Optum Frontier Therapies Centers of Excellence (COEs) consist of dedicated teams focused on cell and gene therapy, rare disease drugs and digital therapeutics