New AIS Book Features Up-to-Date, Reliable Data and Strategic Information on the Specialty Pharmacy Market

Washington, DC, October 13, 2006 — Atlantic Information Services, Inc., publisher of Drug Benefit News, Specialty Pharmacy News and Managed Care Week announces its new publication, Specialty Pharmacy: Stakeholders, Strategies and Markets 2007. This resource is packed with current data and statistics on the vendors serving this market, the products involved, and the strategies employed by payers for managing and delivering these products to members.

Every health care payer, provider and supplier operating today will be affected by changes brought about by new biotech products, gene-based therapies, and infusible and injectable drugs. So, it's critical to understand how these new technologies and therapies will be identified, delivered and paid for.

This one-of-a-kind book provides insight and data on major developments, including:

• Consolidation in the specialty pharmacy and PBM industries, including major acquisitions of home infusion companies
• Distribution strategies, benefit strategies and sales results for significant new products
• Competitive impact of new distribution contracts and new drug launches
• PBM strategies and alliances for competing in the specialty pharmacy space
• Health plan formulary strategies for specific disease states
• Impact of new Average Sales Price (ASP) reimbursement methodologies, Medicare's Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) for physician-administered therapies and Part D versus Part B reimbursement controversies

Plus, you'll also find data tables for drugs commonly delivered by specialty pharmacies, managed care vendors for specialty pharmacy and formulary status for popular specialty drugs. There are 100 data tables, including:

• Prescription Volume and Revenues for Leading SP Players
• SP Prescriptions Processed by PBMs and SPPs
• Quarterly Financial Results for Publicly Traded SP Companies
• Annual Revenues by Specific Disease States or Therapeutic Categories for Selected SPs
• Cost-Sharing Structures for Injectables Covered Under the Pharmacy Benefit
• Biotech Medicines in Development by Therapeutic Category

This valuable resource is also available in a CD format — the CD contains all of the information in the print edition and you'll find what you need instantly with the user-friendly, searchable PDF format.

Make sure you have the most up-to-date, reliable data and strategic information on the specialty pharmacy market! For more information and to see a table of contents visit http://www.AISHealth.com/Products/sprx.html.

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