Head of policy @CivicaRx, but tweets are my own.
Joined October 2013
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Allan Coukell retweeted
2 Nov 2023
š§ this receipt from CVS, where the insurance is billed $363, and the customer pays $64.45/90 tabs of Atorvastatin. Here, that would be about $1.49 a fair $5 member fee.
For the doubters: a stock bottle that cost us just $11.88/1000ct. We can buy 5,425 tablets for $64.45!!
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Allan Coukell retweeted
30 Oct 2023
A spot-on bit for all my fellow nerds out there
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Allan Coukell retweeted
6 Oct 2023
Vaccinating Health Care Supply Chains Against Market Failure: The Case of Civica Rx: nej.md/465buYs @CivicaRx @SSMHealth
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Allan Coukell retweeted
4 Oct 2023
.@Forbes released its 2023 philanthropy scorecard and once again, @johnarnold and @LauraArnoldFdn earned the highest score ā a rare 5 ā for their charitable giving. Only 11 people from the #Forbes400 have given away more than 20% of their wealth: bit.ly/3RGcRsI
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22 Sep 2023
Or 300 students at U Mass. Just saying.
22 Sep 2023
$43,000,000 was spent in three years with very little research or anything else to show for it. 130 students could have had a totally free BU education (plus room/board) for four years instead . Or 10 faculty chairs could have been endowed in perpetuity. What a waste of money.
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"Civica Rx significantly increased supply security and lowered the cost in aggregate...these medications are critical to patient care & have been prone to shortages." - Carter Dredge, @SSMHealth @nejmcatalyst @CivicaRx ssmhealth.com/newsroom/2023/ā¦
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Allan Coukell retweeted
20 Sep 2023
Big PBMs say āDrugmakers alone have the power to set prices.ā
Then how is that the same PBM set five different prices for the same drug, at the same pharmacy, on the same day, where the delta between the bookends had an over 10x difference?
Our latest: 3axisadvisors.com/projects/2ā¦
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Allan Coukell retweeted
19 Sep 2023
Do Plan Sponsors Understand How Their PBMs Make Money?
My $0.02 on how #PBMs' profit model has evolvedāand why a plan sponsor can feel satisfied with PBM transparency while remaining unaware of how its PBM actually earns money.
@psgconsults
drugch.nl/3EIogQT
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Allan Coukell retweeted
16 Sep 2023
āAcross a selection of these so-called specialty generic drugs, Cigna and CVSās prices were at least 24 times higher on average than roughly what the medicinesā manufacturers charge, the @WSJ found.ā - @joewalkerWSJ
wsj.com/health/healthcare/geā¦
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ICYMI - @mganio_ASHP @coukell @CivicaRx @ASHPOfficial provided great recs on fixing the drug shortages problem during todays hearing energycommerce.house.gov/eveā¦
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11 Sep 2023
"Generic drugs should be cheap, but insurers are charging thousands of dollars for them" (NB - in place of "insurer" read "PBM," though sometimes they are one and the same.) wsj.com/health/healthcare/geā¦
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7 Sep 2023
It has been a busy few yearsā¦
Five years in less than 10 minutes. We invite you to watch and learn more about the power of partnership and collaboration. @CivicaRx vimeo.com/861643603/a1aea91eā¦
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Allan Coukell retweeted
10 Aug 2023
Ukraine came to the aid of the United States after we were attacked on 9/11 and deployed troops to support the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for almost 14 years
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Allan Coukell retweeted
3 Aug 2023
Daily reminder that the insulin I need to survive is still $2,267.99 every 3 months.
Insurance is not the answer to unaffordable insulin, as insurance was the reason it took 23 DAYS to fill this RX. W/o insulin, Iād be dead in 2.
Insulin should be free.
ALT CVS receipt for 7 vials of Humalog insulin priced at $2,267.99.
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Allan Coukell retweeted
29 Jul 2023
Day 16:
Insurance is still refusing to fill the insulin that keeps me alive.
My āoptionsā are: pay $2,267.99 for a 3-month supply of insulin or die.
This is why insulin PRICES, not copays, must be capped. Insurance is not the answer to the insulin affordability crisis.
13 Jul 2023
Insurance is AGAIN refusing to fill the Humalog insulin thatās kept me alive for 27 years.
I am deathly allergic to the Novolog they want me on.
I HAVE A PRIOR AUTH FOR HUMALOG.
So I pay $2500 out of pocket or I die.
Do I have that right, @CareFirst @CVSHealth?
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29 Jul 2023
Great to see a nonprofit pharma bringing a critical public health product to market
28 Jul 2023
Just approved by @US_FDA please welcome:
RiVive
3mg naloxone nasal spray
by NON-PROFIT Harm Reduction Therapeutics
STOP SAYING "NARCAN" because now you have a 35% cheaper option.
Donations: 200,000 free doses via @RemedyAlliance!!
ALT Prototype packaging
ALT Final production packaging
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The large number of recalls these 503b's generate are difficult to manage in hospitals.
FDA inspection underscores problem at major U.S. compounder behind hospital drug recalls statnews.com/pharmalot/2023/ā¦ via @statnews
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Allan Coukell retweeted
13 Jul 2023
The "Big 3" insulin makers drew favorable news coverage for "cutting prices to $25/vial."
But a new survey reveals those "cuts" haven't reached most patients.
@t1international: Most patient advocates "have been unable to get the promised $25 insulin."
š: warren.senate.gov/imo/media/ā¦
13 Jul 2023
Americans without health insurance pay an average of $98 for Eli Lillyās generic insulin despite the companyās May 1 pledge to cut its list price to $25 per vial, according to a survey of more than 300 U.S. pharmacies. aol.com/uninsured-us-patientā¦
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