Halozyme Therapeutics announced that the company is acquiring Antares Pharma for $960 million in cash. The news caused Antares stock to rocket 47 percent in premarket trading on April 13.
The United States pays more per capita for prescription drugs than any other country in the world, which is a huge concern for patients and insurance providers.
Convert Prior Authorization Abandonments to Rx Fulfillments and Stop Leaving Money on the Table
Business, Electronic Health Records, Health Plans, Healthcare Communications Agencies, Healthcare Physicians, Manufacturers, NDA/MAA, Patients, Prescriptions, Prior Authorization (PA), Specialty Drugs, Specialty PharmacyA very high percentage of Prior Authorization (PA) requests are approved…but about 40% of these prescriptions are abandoned during the PA process, around 74.4 million prescriptions a year.