Instant Insights The Prescription Drug Problem & PBM Reform

While the public may view these drugs as a silver bullet solution, there is also a cloud of potential misinformation regarding who should use them, possible side effects, and other long-term risks and successes.

Drugs with higher manufacturing complexity, such as sterile injectables, are more vulnerable to shortages.

Twenty-six of the 28 physicians included in the study received payments from pharmaceutical companies for a variety of reasons, most often noted as food and beverages, speaking or consulting fees.

In a major victory today for the Biden administration, the high court has upheld broad access to mifepristone, the widely used abortion pill, overturning an appeals court ruling that barred mail-order prescriptions.

Of those that currently offer coverage only for diabetes, 19% are considering offering the drugs for weight loss as well.

The Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act would keep manufacturers from tweaking products to maintain patent protection.

This decision leaves the door open for other plaintiffs who may bring a similar challenge against the FDA and mifepristone in the future.

While shortages of the popular weight loss drugs persist, Hims & Hers, a San Francisco-based telehealth company, will offer access to a compounded form of the GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, starting at $199 a month.