Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy Gets Aggressive in Seeking Funding Sources for Life Saving Drugs

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 15th, 2010

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy, the nation's largest privately held specialty pharmacy company, is on a mission to help patients obtain the financial assistance they need to purchase life-saving drugs for such illnesses as cancer, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, as well as drugs for Multiple Sclerosis, kidney disease and other chronic conditions.

"Diplomat's specialty patients average better than 90% adherence to their medications, while the national average is 50-70% for chronic medicines. Still, we can't address the adherence issue with these patients when they don't have the drug to begin with," says Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy President and CEO Phil Hagerman, RPh.

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-03-15)

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