Walgreens launches Rx savings club with Epocrates

SAN MATEO, Calif. A drug store chain and a leading provider of mobile drug reference tools and interactive services have inked a deal to provide patients with lower-cost medication options, yielding significant monthly savings on frequent and required medications.

Walgreens and Epocrates' Walgreens Prescription Savings Club is a formulary list of more than 8,000 branded and generic medications, which now is easily accessible to physicians and other prescribing healthcare providers using Epocrates’ mobile and online drug reference products, the companies said. Using Epocrates, healthcare providers quickly can check and compare the Walgreens PSC formulary to determine if a less expensive drug option is available for patients.

More than 2 million pharmacy patients are enrolled in Walgreens PSC.

"Providing the Epocrates network of prescribers convenient access to our Prescription Savings Club prices will help continue to drive awareness around the exceptional value the discount club offers on a broad range of medications,” said Richard Ashworth, Walgreens VP pharmacy operations. “As healthcare providers, we help patients be compliant with their medications and want to make sure they are aware of their options, including ways to realize savings without compromising safety, service or convenience."

Epocrates’ free drug reference application, featuring retail, government and health insurance formulary lists, is available online or for download to such mobile devices as iPhone, BlackBerry, Droid and Palm. Further information about the Prescription Savings Club is available at Walgreens.com/rxsavingsclub.