Specialty Drug Cost Management Solutions

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Methods to manage rising specialty drug costs were addressed in a session at the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute's 2014 Annual Drug Benefit Conference.

At the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute’s 2014 Annual Drug Benefit Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Fran Gregory, PharmD, MBA, director of specialty pharmacy at Humana Pharmacy Solutions, offered her thoughts on the use of utilization management, cost-effective delivery channels, and other methods to help manage the rising costs of specialty medications. The session, “Opportunities in Utilization Management,” featured co-presenter Stephanie Holliday, PharmD, senior director of clinical operations for AcariaHealth, who spoke about trending outcomes in the management of multiple sclerosis with Tecfidera.

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