Anna Sutton was shocked when she received a letter from her husband’s job-based health plan stating that Humira, an expensive drug used to treat her daughter’s juvenile arthritis, was now on a long ...

Specialty pharmacy workflows must account for longer, more complex affordability calls, with co-pay-shock interactions averaging ~12 minutes and requiring rapid benefit-type stratification.

In a highly watched case relating to the ability of pharmaceutical manufacturers to support patient copay assistance, the Southern District of New York recently denied Pfizer's request for a ...

Why do pharmaceutical companies charge exorbitant rates for their products but then give them away for free or virtually no cost to most patients, regardless of income, through patient assistance ...

In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter’s prescription cystic fibrosis medication. Their payment had risen to $3,500 ...

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On this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Michael Lampert and counsel Sam Perrone, and litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor, rejoin to discuss patient assistance programs, recent ...

When Gury Doshi, MD, learned that a patient’s insurance didn’t cover her breast cancer medication, Doshi had a potential workaround. The patient could try to bypass the insurer and access the drug at ...

Limited evidence from a literature review suggests that co-pay assistance was associated with improved treatment persistence/adherence across various diseases, with indirect evidence suggesting ...

Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has filed a lawsuit against drug benefit company SaveOnSP for allegedly taking advantage of a J&J program that covers out-of-pocket costs for patients who use some ...

More than 1.2 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV. If left untreated, HIV can lead to AIDS. But with consistent medical treatment, HIV drugs can keep you healthy, and, if your HIV virus ...