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Upcoming Events featuring
National CooperativeRx
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Rx for Plan Design Webinar
How to Make Your Pharmacy Plan Work for You in 2012
June 29 at 12:00pm CST
Click here to register
The 5th Annual Pharmacy Benefits Academy
An MBGH Learning Network educational curriculum
August 23-25
Rosemont, IL
Learn more
Health and Welfare Plan Management for Midsize Employers Conference
September 13-16
Las Vegas, NV
Learn more
2011 Wisconsin SHRM State Conference
October 12-14
Madison, WI
Learn more
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National CooperativeRx is a not-for-profit coalition founded and owned by plan sponsors to achieve higher value prescription benefits through volume purchasing, clinical solutions, actionable data and unparalleled customer service. For your sales and marketing needs, please contact us at 866-679-9479, extension 223
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Registration is now open for our June 29 Plan Design Webinar!
Click here to register
It's hard to believe, but the time is drawing near to consider changes to your plan design for the upcoming plan year. To fulfill our mission to add value to your pharmacy plan, WisconsinRx/National CooperativeRx will provide the consultative advice you need to make informed decisions based on industry trends, new generic alternatives and wellness and communications tools.
The kick-off begins with our Rx for Plan Design webinar, followed by new plan design insights posted on our website and in this newsletter each week throughout the month of July. Beyond that, we are always available to provide the individualized attention to your plan that you should expect as a coalition owner.
Rx for Plan Design Webinar
How to Make Your Pharmacy Plan
Work for You in 2012
Wednesday, June 29, 12:00-1:00pm CST
Hosted by Wayne Salverda, R.Ph., Senior Director of Clinical Services.
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American Medical News. 4.2M Americans visit the hospital each year for pneumonia and 4.4M patients are visiting for strep throat, while 4.5M patients are visiting due to adverse drug events. That's right, adverse drug events are as common a problem as pneumonia and strep throat. (O'Reilly 6/13) Full story
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The Times. Raising your good cholesterol level is good for your health, right? Maybe not. A new study suggests that taking Niaspan (a drug that raises good cholesterol) may in fact increase the risk of stroke and death. (Harris, 5/26) Full article
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| Forbes. Is a cure for HIV almost here? As HIV becomes more drug-resistant, Koronis Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company founded in 2002, thinks they might have the drug to cure it altogether. (Green, 6/13) Full story
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CBS. UCB, a Belgian pharmaceutical company, promoted Keppra (a drug for epilepsy) for migraines after study results revealed that it had no affect on them. Recently they plead guilty and paid $34M in the settlement, and at least four other drug companies have also been found to promote migraine medication without proof that it reduces headaches. (Edwards, 6/10) Full story
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PharmaExec. Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, is now testing virtual clinic trials with Detrol LA, a drug that has been used for bladder control for over a decade. Patients are being recruited virtually, then receiving medication and a smart phone in the mail. Pfizer is testing virtual clinics in hopes of further utilizing them with future drugs. (Ringler, 6/14) Blog
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PharmaExec. The FDA is trying to clean up what drug reps are saying, and it appears to be working. One year after launching their Bad Ad program, there have been 328 reports of misleading information, not to mention the reps who have cleaned up their acts out of fear of being caught. (Comer, 6/13) Blog
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CBS. A new study examines how states lose millions of dollars per year by failing to switch more Medicaid patients to generics. Click into the blog to see a chart of the top 20 drugs wasting the most of your tax dollars. (Edwards, 6/13) Full story
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Customer Service
Unparalleled customer service is one of the six core values adopted by our Board. Put another way, it's a mandate handed down from our owners. Because we're a not-for-profit cooperative, we can look beyond the need for profitability to make investments that improve the quality of services we deliver. Our philosophy is to bring the best of two worlds to our members: deep discounts and superior deliverables that come from working with one of the nation's largest PBMs, plus the individualized attention, responsiveness and value derived from working with a not-for-profit, "niche" team of experts. For more information about our customer service philosophy, please visit our website.
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