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Discover four innovative strategies that can help increase transparency with your pharmacy contract.

Explore the strategies for achieving transparency in pharmacy benefit contracts, a crucial need for employers grappling with rising costs.

Explore how pharmacy coalitions work and the key considerations for brokers and employers to keep in mind when evaluating them.

The importance of transparency in your pharmacy benefit contract is becoming more prevalent as list prices of specialty drugs increase and plans become more restrictive.

Learn about the role played by your Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) in reducing specialty drug costs and administering your pharmacy benefit.

Alternative funding programs seek to reduce pharmacy spend on specialty drugs by finding alternative sources outside of your pharmacy benefits plan.

School system slated to save $2.3M over the course of three years, a 21% improvement from their existing PBM contract.

Learn how embracing innovative bid strategies drove deeper savings in specialty costs and overall pharmacy contract by 22% for a food manufacturer.

Market access and marketing teams at pharma companies are tasked with finding innovative ways to attract more patients and improve gross-to-nets, while keeping costs down.

In today’s pharmacy environment, many cost containment approaches are losing their effectiveness. These strategies can help employers maximize their pharmacy benefits and reduce costs.

Since the rise of accumulator and maximizer programs, many stakeholders within the pharmacy industry have been looking to tip the scales back towards traditional copay assistance models.

Data needs vary from brand to brand. It’s critical for pharma brands to employ customized copay analytics strategies for their patient access programs.

By understanding your contract, communicating with your PBM, and working with a partner to craft your pharmacy strategy, you’ll be well prepared for the rise of biosimilar drugs.

How can you build more transparency in your pharmacy contract? We lay out five critical strategies to ensure you have control and oversight over your program.

The gross-to-net bubble is inflating. What patient access strategies are leading brands using to combat this trend?

How should pharma companies plan for if their drugs will be included in accumulator or maximizer programs? Use our interactive checklist.

Read what issues the HR leaders at Equinox, Kyndryl, and Phreesia are citing as the biggest benefit challenges this year.

On May 17, 2022, the U.S. District Court for DC ruled against the “accumulator adjustment rule.” What impact will this have on pharma?

Truveris’ Pharmacy Benefits Glossary of Terms provides important definitions and context to help navigate the pharmacy benefits landscape.

As biosimilars gain more popularity in the market, pharma manufacturers must think differently about launch strategies to gain market share.

If you work in the pharmacy ecosystem, you’ve probably heard buzz around “biosimilars.” What should you know about this innovative type of medication?

6,000 pharmacy professionals attended Asembia this year. What were the key takeaways from the conference?

Plan sponsors are looking for new ways to contain specialty costs. How should they evaluate new copay assistance strategies?

Truveris covers exactly how leading employer groups and their brokers are implementing copay maximizers and accumulators.

As pharmacy costs increase, what are strategies plan sponsors can take to control specialty pharmacy spend?

Read Sally Welborn’s POV piece on the misaligned incentives at play in the pharmacy benefits ecosystem – and what it means for plan sponsors.

With so much importance placed on the launch of a new drug, how should pharma brands ensure a successful launch?  

After you procure a strong PBM contract, make sure your members are engaging with the plan productively.

See how Truveris has helped employers of all sizes procure their pharmacy benefits.

By framing your pharmacy benefits strategy around these three pillars, you’ll construct a more cost-effective, accessible pharmacy program.

With Delta and Omicron, the COVID-19 pandemic carries on. How are these variants impacting pharma brands?

While a pharmacy benefits contract is a powerful lever for managing spend, it is also very complicated, with variables impacted by market and industry dynamics.

Many brands experience a drop in claims during January. What strategies successfully drive adherence during the beginning of the year?

What is member-centricity? Why should plan sponsors and brokers strive to reimagine their pharmacy program with members in mind?

Four core themes from Asembia 2021 that will drive dialogue in the specialty pharmacy ecosystem in 2022 – and beyond.

340B is increasingly a part of the pharmacy conversation. How should stakeholders react to the program?

Read Truveris’ data report on the impact of COVID-19 on pharma, specifically prescribing and claims numbers for branded drugs.

Many gene therapy products are soon to be released to the market. What do payers need to know about these highly-expensive specialty drugs?

What is the future of the PBM landscape? Listen to Truveris CEO, Nanette Oddo, opine on the shifts she’s seeing in the pharmacy ecosystem.

Loss of exclusivity can feel like a dramatic shift, forever changing a drug’s profitability. However, this doesn’t have to be your brand’s fate.

Several states have passed legislation that prohibits the use of copay accumulator adjustment programs. How does this affect your organization?

Understanding the ins and outs of drug formularies is essential to making an informed decision on which PBM to select for your members.

Generic versions of brand name medications are not all the same. Understanding their differences and their implications on MAC pricing is critical for choosing the most cost-effective PBM.

Looking forward to the future of pharmacy, it’s critical to understand how a specialty drug is defined, how it differs from traditional, non-specialty drugs, and how specialty is impacting employers’ benefit plan designs.  

Many Medicare patients end up not filling their high-cost prescriptions due to the Medicare coverage gap. What can manufacturers do to help Medicare patients stay adherent? 

Adopting these three approaches can help manufacturers to build a more effective affordability program. 

Pharmacy Benefits Managers, also referred to as PBMs, are the intermediaries between every stakeholder in the pharmacy ecosystem.

Why type of plan sponsor could benefit from carving out their pharmacy plan?

Get up to speed on all the industry-speak and confusing jargon that surrounds the work of PBMs.

Your entire access strategy hinges on your patient abandonment rate. Is your patient abandonment rate calculated correctly?

While the goals of every copay program vary, the top 5 essential ROI metrics to track its success stay the same.

The price of drugs on your pharmacy benefits plan can vary dramatically, depending on its type.

In October of 2017, Anthem Inc. announced its launching of IngenioRx, an in-house pharmacy benefits manager (PBM).