Aetna
Aetna Specialty Pharmacy Achieves 95 Percent Average Medication Adherence for Eight Conditions
Published in AIDS Weekly, September 21st, 2009
Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced results of an analysis from the first half of 2009, demonstrating an average medication adherence of over 95 percent1 for its members taking Specialty medications. Disease states evaluated in Aetna's analysis include: multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV, Crohn's disease, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), psoriasis, Hepatitis C and asthma. These conditions often require members to self-administer shots, adhere to complex dosing schedules or deal with serious side-effects. Aetna Specialty Pharmacy provides a high level of personal support and individual education to its members to ensure medications are taken appropriately and as prescribed.
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-09-21)
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