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Key company profiles: Cencora's approach to vertical integration
Today's post is the third in an ongoing series we're publishing on key players in healthcare vertical integration . Nearly everyone in...
Yulan Egan
Jan 167 min read


What could Make America Healthy Again mean?
Last year at this time, we enjoyed reading Dan Diamond's piece for the Washington Post on how reversing the recent decline in U.S....
Amanda Berra
Dec 18, 202411 min read


The eight factors that will determine the impact of GLP-1s
In last week's blog post, we delved into the what and why behind the current surge in interest and demand for GLP-1s. And it's clear that...
Yulan Egan
Aug 28, 20245 min read


The promise and peril of GLP-1 agonists: What we do (and don't) know as of August 2024
A full 6% of US adults are taking GLP-1s. In this post, we break down what we do—and don't—know about these medications as of August 2024.
Yulan Egan
Aug 21, 20246 min read


Theory versus reality in the state of healthcare disruption
Healthcare disruption has been a hot (and noisy) topic in recent years. For the last decade, the healthcare industry has been rich in...
Amanda Berra
Jun 7, 20245 min read


The wheel turns on the PBMs
Everybody likes to pick on the PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) these days. It's a sector of healthcare whose business model...
Christopher Kerns
Mar 26, 20243 min read


Breakthrough drugs to strain price and volume
Something we're starting new this week: Union Healthcare Insight's Slide of the Week. Over the past 12 months we've been in business, our...
Christopher Kerns
Feb 1, 20241 min read


Drug shortages for the uninitiated
This month, my family and I were affected by two different drug shortages. First, we couldn’t fill a standing prescription for an ADHD...
Amanda Berra
Oct 5, 20233 min read


The real impact of the IRA drug price controls
Cost savings for seniors are real—but there are thousands of ways to squeeze the balloon When the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022,...
Christopher Kerns
Sep 6, 20238 min read
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