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DRX's DrugCompare is the leading platform for identifying lower-cost drug alternatives based on academic and clinical comparative effectiveness research.



DrugCompare provides the most comprehensive set of therapeutically equivalent drug mappings available, offering dose-specific price comparisons for branded, generic and therapeutic equivalents of prescription drugs. Typical clients include pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), payors, electronic medical record (EMR) and ePrescribing vendors, pharmacies, benefit consultants, and data vendors. Many of these clients use DrugCompare to reduce their costs by enabling their members to find lower-cost alternative options for the drugs they currently take or are planning to take.

Key features of this award-winning platform include:

Continuously updated clinical content that maps therapeutically equivalent drugs to each other Identification of lower-cost alternatives at the retail price or specific to a health plan’s or PBM’s formulary and design Coverage of 98 drug classes at multiple dose levels Access to drug descriptions, drug interactions, safety alerts, pill images, and a pharmacy finder Access to DrugCompare through the client’s proprietary interface or DRX’s full-service stand-alone website, with mobile-optimization that enables access to DrugCompare right at the point of prescription Custom analytics that help clients estimate market opportunities and meet their precise needs

DRX clients use DrugCompare for four key reasons:

Reducing healthcare costs – By proposing lower-cost alternatives, DrugCompare can significantly reduce the cost of purchasing drugs—in many cases by as much as 50 percent or more—for both members and plans. Increasing generic fill rates – DrugCompare allows users to identify therapeutically equivalent, low-cost generics. In many cases, this results in a switch from brand to generic, thereby increasing the generic fill rate – a key metric for many of our clients. Improving medication adherence – Higher drug costs can reduce adherence to prescription drug regimens, leading to increased medical costs if the members untreated health condition worsens. By allowing members to identify lower-cost alternatives, DrugCompare supports better medication adherence. Increasing member engagements - DrugCompare gets members more engaged in their healthcare by equipping them with the relevant, easy-to-understand information they need to identify lower-cost drug options and make choices that affect their health