Drug Channels News Roundup, November 2020: Rebate Rule Redux, MFN (maybe), Amazon’s Pharmacy Customers, Drug Spending, GPO M&A, and RxTrace

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Before you stretch your stomach, stretch your mind with this extra-stuffed helping of food for thought. In this issue:

  • Rebate rule redux
  • Most Favored Nation and healthcare benchmarking
  • Amazon’s pharmacy customer opportunity
  • Drug spending realities updated
  • GPO consolidation

Plus, I congratulate Dirk Rodgers of RxTrace on his retirement.

P.S. Join the more than 10,600 followers of my curated links published on @DrugChannels on Twitter. My recent tweets have highlighted: doctors against step therapy, distribution of COVID-19 therapies, biosimilar savings, copay accumulator data, prospects for smaller PBMs, the new transparency rule, specialty pharmacy profit metrics, the future of oncology practices, and an update on Diplomat founder Phil Hagerman. You can also join my more than 13,500 followers on LinkedIn.

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