Direct-to-consumer pharmacies could offer substantial savings for patients taking generic medications, according to experts.
John Lin, MD, MSHP, assistant professor of Health Services Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and colleagues recently published a research letter in Annals of Internal Medicine evaluating savings from direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmacy models.
“As an oncologist, DTC pharmacies have helped many of my patients better afford their cancer drugs. It can be incredibly stressful to have a serious illness, like multiple sclerosis or cancer, and then not