Dima M. Qato

Sep 10, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Dima M. Qato |Karen Van Nuys

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) play an important role in financing and delivering prescription drugs for health insurers, including designing formularies and pharmacy networks, negotiating drug prices, and reimbursing pharmacies.1 Despite evidence that 3 PBMs (CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optum Rx) accounted for 79% of prescriptions in the US in 20232 and growing concerns about the role of the highly concentrated PBM market on rising out-of-pocket costs and pharmacy closures,3,4...

Aug 2, 2024 | healthday.com | Ernie Mundell |Dima M. Qato

FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies show how eager Americans are to obtain either safe, legitimate versions of Ozempic or counterfeit and potentially dangerous forms of the diabetes/weight-loss drug. One study found U.S. prescriptions and refills of Ozempic (semaglutide) soaring over the past three years, jumping almost five-fold (392%) between early 2021 and the end of 2023.

Nov 8, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Carter D. McCormick |Patrick Sullivan |Dima M. Qato |Stephanie Crawford

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