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PillPack’s Recent Public Battles

PillPack’s Recent Public Battles

Amazon’s PillPack is fighting battles everyday, as it tries to wrest revenue, profit and valuation from deeply entrenched players in this (mostly) zero-sum game. However, as with everything else: you win some and you lose some. Below is a recount on some of the recent moves over the summer!

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PillPack’s Recent Public Battles

High-Reimbursement Drugs – Why?

High reimbursement drug products have been an underground current in the practice of pharmacy for over a decade. However, only in the past 5 or 10 years has this part of the industry expanded enough to bring Federal attention. 

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Dogfight for Disruption: Drone Drug Delivery

A Generic Manufacturer’s Current Pressures and Opportunities

Consolidation of purchase power in the past 20 years has dramatically changed the landscape for generic manufacturers; and recent events are making it worse: active prosecution for price-fixing, the FDA recently announcing a wave of unannounced FDA audits, and blame for the Opioid Epidemic. So what is a generic manufacturer to do? There are opportunities still available for a generic manufacturer to increase their top and bottom lines.

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Dogfight for Disruption: Drone Drug Delivery

Market Viability of Canadian Importation

Drug Importation has been a longtime coming. The law that developed a framework for importation of prescription drugs originally became effective in January 2012 but over 7 years later, not much has been done. In September 2018, Vermont passed a bill SB175 (read our article on it here) which had specific challenges: DSCSA compliance, Diversion, Manufacturer tactics, Politics, Quality concerns, Relabeling costs, just to name a few. 

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