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[Michael Albert, MD @MichaelAlbertMD]

Tirzepatide spray?!! Make it stop! The grift hurts my brain.

[Happy Punch @HappyPunch]

Fan randomly runs into Conor McGregor right after meeting Peyton Manning 🤣

Conor: “You went baller to baller baby!”

[Sleeper @SleeperHQ]

Topuria vs Gaethje

[Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 @JoshEberley]

To me, this is beautiful. No excuses, no unassailable mountain.

[Anthony Reznik @AnthonyReznik]

When somone asks why are drug prices so high. Refer to the first three lines in this chart. Please support @GovSherrillNJ call to reform PBMs in NJ.
@NJSenDems #drugprices #NJ #PBM

[Ginny Crisp, PharmD @ginny_crisp]

When your PBM says it "passed through 100% of rebates," the load-bearing word is "received," not "paid." A rebate aggregator it owns takes a cut first. 100% of what's left is still 100%. The math is honest. The noun is not.

[Ginny Crisp, PharmD @ginny_crisp]

CVS Caremark dropped Zepbound for Wegovy as its preferred GLP-1.

The head-to-head trial favored the drug they dropped.

So this wasn't a clinical call. It was a rebate deal, and members lost access to the more effective drug so the PBM could collect on the contract. "Preferred" doesn't mean better. It means it paid the most to wear the label.

[Nick Perkins @NickyPerkss]

Not proud of it, man enough to say it

This is the single coolest thing Auburn has done, and I am extremely jealous

[J Cates @_JeremyCates]

@ginny_crisp @sterlingkoonce You’re my new favorite account

[Ginny Crisp, PharmD @ginny_crisp]

Do you know your plan's generic spread? Not the discount. The spread is the gap between what your PBM pays the pharmacy for a generic and what it bills you. Most plan sponsors have never been shown it, because it is rarely a line on the report.

[Jays Propaganda @JaysPropaganda]

World B. Free is benefiting greatly from 82-0

[J Cates @_JeremyCates]

@HogPrescription @kpharmd12 Not saying it’s a great business move overall but it’s better than what you’d dispense a Trelegy or Vraylar for.

[Robinhood @RobinhoodApp]

📅 Set your reminder. June 4: The PDT rule will be eliminated, and the $25,000 minimum account balance requirement will officially end.

What it means for you: We will be wiping all past PDT flags clean. Soon, customers will be able to trade on Robinhood without worrying about day trading limits again.

[Pharmassists @Pharmassists]

My competition determines how much I get paid and can enter into my business and take money back at their leisure. The big insurance companies need to be broken up.

[Ways and Means Committee @WaysandMeansGOP]

PASSED: The Ways and Means Committee just passed H.R. 3164, the Main Street Pharmacy Access Act.

This bill enables Medicare coverage for pharmacist-provided testing, vaccinations, and treatment for common infectious diseases and is a transformative solution to expand access to care in communities facing significant physician shortages, especially across rural America.

@RepAdrianSmith

[J Cates @_JeremyCates]

@realdocspeaks Doc how do you feel about pharmacists filling the gaps of primary care? Especially acute settings?

[J Cates @_JeremyCates]

@docshanep @realdocspeaks There are more who own weight loss clinics and med spas in our region than work in primary care

[J Cates @_JeremyCates]

@wbridgefa @noahkaufmanmd There is no margin on GLP1s for 95%+ of pharmacies. Spend $1000 and you may get all of that back from a 3/p reimbursement.

Hence the explosion of compounded options from the secondary and grey market. Do you know rx economics?