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IIR's Specialty Pharmacy Collaboration Summit is in 4 days! Don't miss out on the only event in the industry offering you the opportunity to partner directly with all the key stakeholders in the specialty pharmacy value chain to increase patient adherence, expand distribution and improve bottom line.


Across three days, you will:

• Hear never-before-heard case studies on accountable care impact on payer provider relations from BCBS, Tufts Health Plan, Denver Health Medical Plan, and more!
• Learn how to overcome the four key challenges in the specialty pharmacy ecosystem:
       o Adherence
       o Managing Costs and Determining Value of Specialty Drugs
       o Distribution of Specialty Drugs and Channel Management
       o Sustainability of the Specialty Pharmacy Model
• Improve operations and enhance compliance in the Pre-Conference Workshop with TWO specialty pharmacy accreditations - URAC and CPPA
• Facilitate more face-to-face meetings to foster meaningful engagement and build relationships with the event specific partnering360 networking tool

Download the updated brochure for full agenda and speaker details.

Don't forget! Online registration closes this Sunday, September 14th! Click here to register. Please be sure to use code XP1968BLOG in order to save $100 off you registration.

AstraZeneca and Cigna in Evolutionary Partnership to Support Patients

Are you looking for an example of how data and technology are changing the healthcare delivery model? An innovative program announced June 2nd pairs Big Pharma with health insurer Cigna.

“Predictive Risk Modeling” is used to identify Cigna members who are most likely to benefit from treatment with the “aggressive LDL-C lowering” statin Crestor, a drug that is marketed by AstraZeneca.

When asked of the new partnership, Cigna said it is “the first of its kind” and represents a “targeted approach to helping high-risk patients with high cholesterol” receive value-based care.

Under the programs terms, Cigna said its member customers who are at increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease – ASCVD – and need to aggressively manage their LDL cholesterol can be prescribed and receive Crestor “without requiring prior authorization.”

In a statement, Cigna said “As an integrated health services company, Cigna is able to use both medical and pharmacy information in predictive risk modeling to appropriately assess a customer’s overall health condition, this approach analyzes multiple clinical factors to identify customers most at risk for ASCVD related to high cholesterol. When a doctor prescribes CRESTOR, customers identified as being at higher risk will no longer be subject to “step therapy” – where a generic alternative is tried first…”

Philip de Vane, MD, AstraZeneca’s executive director of U.S. medical affairs, said this new arrangement represents “an evolutionary step in supporting patient health, and facilitating access to Crestor for high risk patients. Predictive risk modeling can be used to help support the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, and we are excited to be working with Cigna because they are the only insurance carrier or Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) we have seen who has offered this capability.”

This new partnership is certainly worth watching, and is another example of how new thinking is creating new opportunities across the patient-pharma-payer spectrum.

Read the full Cigna news release here.

As an industry professional, do you expect more partnerships like this one to pop up? Or is this partnership model going to struggle for greater adoption?

Announcing IIR’s All New Specialty Pharmacy Collaboration Summit

IIR is proud to introduce the all-new Specialty Pharmacy Collaboration Summit taking place September 15-17, 2014 in Boston, MA.

This collaborative summit is designed to facilitate networking and integration between all key stakeholders in the evolving specialty pharmacy value chain, including the leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, health plans, and specialty pharmacies.

Register now to save $600! Plus take an EXTRA $100 off with the code: XP1968BLOG - That is $700 in total savings! Register today!    

To see how you can expand distribution, increase patient adherence and improve your bottom line, download the brochure.

Develop consistency and clarity around the integration of all specialty pharmacy stakeholders through:

• Never-Before-Heard Case Studies on accountable care Impact on payer provider relations from:
• Aetna
• BCBS
• Tufts Health Plan
• Denver Health Medical Plan
• And more!

• URAC Accreditation Workshop to improve operations and enhance compliance.
• Facilitate more face-to-face meetings to foster meaningful engagement and build relationships across 3 days than in your entire year with partnering360.

Remember, to save an EXTRA $100 off the current rate, use the code: XP1968BLOG when registering.
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Connect with Potential Partners and Clients

To learn more about how to sponsor or exhibit, please contact Patricia Rose at 508-614-1406 or prose@iirusa.com.