Tag Archives: Drug Costs

Why would they do this 🤬

This program should be expanded and not eliminated!

“Senate and House Republicans told Peter Sullivan of Axios that if they regain control of the government, they will work to get rid of the provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that permits the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over drug prices.

Negotiations on the first ten drugs, completed in August, will lower the cost of those drugs enough to save taxpayers $6 billion a year, while those enrolled in Medicare will save $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket expenses.”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-18-2024

Lower Cost GLP1 Medication through LillyDirect

Bypassing the Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM’s)?

Eli Lilly announced that it would start selling low doses of its weight-loss drug Zepbound in vials, too — at a far lower price than its pens, which come with pre-filled doses. These vials will be made available only through LillyDirect, a telehealth platform the company launched in January that connects patients with providers who can prescribe obesity drugs. Like compounded drugs prescribed by online startups, Zepbound vials can be delivered right to patients’ doors.