Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) use a variety of pricing strategies. When employers have a thorough knowledge of those strategies, they can use them to their advantage to help manage pharmacy benefits. This article discusses PBM strategies in terms of what employers need to know, the questions employers need to ask and goals employers must keep in mind in order to secure the affordable cost an...

BACKGROUND Pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies promote mail order programs that typically dispense 90-day quantities of maintenance medications, marketing this feature as a key cost containment strategy to address plan sponsors' rising prescription drug expenditures. In recent years, community pharmacies have introduced 90-day programs that provide similar cost advantages, while allowin...

OBJECTIVES To assess factors associated with adherence to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is) in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). METHODS This study analyzed pharmacy benefit claims of naïve Adcirca and Revatio users between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010. Patients were considered adherent if their proportion of days covered (PDC) was ≥ 80% over a 6-mon...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Substituted 3-(1, 4-Diazepanyl)Methyl-Phenyl-Sulphonamides as Potent 5-HT6 Antagonists in Cognitive Disorders V.S. Velingkar, A.K. Chindhe, Mrunal Sanaye and Madhumangiri Gatane Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, Mumbai, India Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & ...

1Anca Ionel, 1Ondine Lucaciu, 1Minodora Moga, 1Dan Buhatel, 1Aranka Ilea, 2Flaviu Tabaran, 2Cornel Catoi, 3Cristian Berce, 3Septimiu Toader, 1Radu S. Campian 1 Department of Oral Reahabilitation, Oral Health and Dental Office Management, Faculty of Dentistry, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Department of Anatomic Pathology, Necropsy and Forensic Me...

A. Girault1, M. Ferrua1, A. Fourcade1, G. Hébert2, C. Sicotte3, M. Mons1, S. Beaupère1, N. Mezaour1, F. Lemare4, A. Montaron1, M.P. Ducreux5, C. Guepratte6, M. Di Palma7, E. Minvielle1 Projet Capri, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FRANCE Clinical Pharmacy, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FRANCE Management des Organisations de Santé, EHESP, Paris, FRANCE Clinical Pharmacy, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villeju...

Nowadays pharmaceutical care departments located in hospitals are amongst the important pillars of the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to evaluate quality of hospital drugstores affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. In this cross-sectional study a validated questionnaire was used. The questionnaire was filled in by the one of the researchers in all seventeen ho...

CAMELIA BOGDANICI1*, TUDOR BOGDANICI2, ANDREEA MORARU3, DANUT COSTIN1,3, CRENGUTA FERARU1 1 Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Faculty of General Medicine, Surgery Department, Ophthalmology Discipline, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania. 2 Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Faculty of General Medicine, Public Health and Management Discipli...

conclusions: the patients' waiting times and the number of patients waiting to receive services in both shifts could be reduced by using multitasking persons and reallocating them to the time-consuming stage of filling prescriptions, using queuing theory and simulation techniques. background: hospital pharmacy is responsible for controlling and monitoring the medication use process and ensures ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of student pharmacists delivering medication therapy management (MTM) services during an elective advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). METHODS Student pharmacists provided MTM services at community pharmacy APPE sites, documented their recommendations, and then made follow-up telephone calls to patients to determine the impact of the MTM provided. St...