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Mark Cuban’s Pharmacy Dreams Are Generic

Policy Prescription

Mark Cuban’s new online pharmacy venture – the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (“Cost Plus Drug”) – will not help overcome the biggest obstacle to drug affordability in America, which is drug company monopolies on patented brand name prescription drugs. That’s even cheaper than foreign online pharmacy prices , including in India. .

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Drug Channels News Roundup, February 2021: Accumulator Problems, Humana + ESI, White Bagging Battles, Buy-and-Bill Economics, and Pharmacy Hero Dave Marley

Drug Channels

For background, see Express Scripts + Prime Therapeutics: Our Four Takeaways From This Market Changing Deal. Payer-owned specialty pharmacies—via white, brown, and clear bagging—are trying to displace buy-and-bill distribution channels for provider-administered specialty drugs. The battle for specialty drug margin rages on.