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AJMC review: Formulary exclusions tend toward neutral, positive patient impacts
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — A new review of several studies on the impact of drug exclusion from pharmacy benefits managers’s formularies has found that in most cases, these efforts to control costs work without negatively affecting patients.Fred’s makes naloxone available prescription-free in 5 states
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred’s Pharmacy announced Wednesday that it was joining the ranks of drug chains making overdose reversal medication naloxone available without a prescription. The company has partnered with prescribers in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee to make it possible for patients to obtain naloxone without having to first see a doctor.