PBMs : reshaping the pharmaceutical distribution network / Sheila R. Shulman, Elaine M. Healy, Louis Lasagna, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shulman, Shelia R.

Healy, Elaine M.

Lasagna, Louis, 1923-2003.

Series:

Journal of pharmaceutical marketing & management ; v. 12, no. 2/3.

Journal of pharmaceutical marketing & management ; v. 12, no. 2/3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs--Marketing--Congresses.

Drugs.

Drugs--Marketing.

Pharmaceutical industry--Congresses.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, [1998]

Contents:

PBMs of the 1990s: Why They Deserve a Second Look / Sheila R. Shulman, Louis Lasagna 1

Placing PBMs in Context / Wilbur B. Pittinger 7

How PBMs Work / Margaret McGlynn 15

PBMs: A Purchaser's Perspective / Robert J. Rubin, Anne Hawk, Elisa Cascade 29

A Perspective from the Food and Drug Administration / Mary Pendergast 43

A Perspective from the General Accounting Office / John C. Hansen 51

The PBM Industry: Is It Reinforcing the Shift to Centralized Decision Making? / Henry Blissenbach 55

The Effect of PBM Clinical Programs and Services on Access to Prescription Drug Coverage / J. Russell Teagarden 61

Off-Label Indications, Expensive Therapies, Fast-Track Drugs: How Do PBMs Structure Prior Approval, Prescribing Restrictions, and Appeal Procedures? / Michael Manolakis 71

Legal Issues Arising from Managing the Pharmacy Benefit / Ann Tobin, Rebekah Crosby 77

A Framework for Research and Evaluation into the Effects of Managed Care on the Pharmaceutical Marketplace / Bonnie B. Wilford 109

Statistical Appendix Private Managed Care: Issues and Trends / Richard Fehring 117

Appendix A. Minefields for the Unwary: Fraud and Abuse Issues Affecting Pharmaceutical Manufacturers / Elizabeth B. Carder, Joseph W. Metro 125

Appendix B. The Impact of Drug Manufacturer Acquisitions of Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies. Volume I: Effects and Recommendations / John Coster 145

Appendix C. The Effects of PBMs on the Marketplace: A Pharmacy Perspective / Calvin J. Anthony 177.

Notes:

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of pharmaceutical marketing & management, volume 12, numbers 2/3 1998."

"Proceedings of a roundtable on PBM issues sponsored by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University, October 24, 1996"--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0789005123

OCLC:

38486262