Rexall Pharmacy Group: A New Era of Care: Community Pharmacies at the Heart of Specialty Therapy

Where eligible, this event has a 0.75 CE Credit pending.

Rexall Pharmacy is pleased to present the “A New Era of Care: Community Pharmacies at the Heart of Specialty Therapy” webinar, a FREE webinar created to provide you with more insight into specialty medications and community pharmacy landscape, and how it could impact you!

This webinar will provide an overview of what defines specialty medications and the support a specialty patient journey requires. We’ll discuss the growth trend specialty medication is seeing from drug pipeline to new drugs and new indications, as well as the impact of biosimilar switch on specialty spend and utilization.

Following the presentation, participants will have an opportunity to engage in Q&A.

Takeways:
– While Specialty medications were previously used to treat complex and rare chronic diseases, they’re now used to treat more common less complex diseases leading to an increasing trend of specialty spend and utilization.
– Specialty patient support services are aimed at helping patients better manage their diseases outcomes by supporting patients in navigating reimbursement of their specialty medication, empowering patients by educating them about their treatment, to ultimately ensuring adherence to medication leading to improved health outcomes.
– Biosimilar switching policies have increased biosimilar utilization, resulting in significant cost savings for Canadian Payors.
– Community pharmacies play a crucial role in delivering specialty care.