Prescription financial savings platform GoodRx launched its new e-commerce resolution Thursday with over-the-counter contraception capsule Opill as a launch companion. It follows one other announcement the corporate made final week in ladies's healthcare: new affordability packages for Pfizer's menopausal hormone therapies.

Santa Monica, California-based GoodRx helps shoppers evaluate prescription drug costs and get coupons. By way of the brand new e-commerce resolution, shoppers can order well being merchandise and drugs (reminiscent of Opill) on the GoodRx web site and have them delivered to their properties. The corporate's partnership with Perrigo, the maker of Opill, marks GoodRx's first collaboration in over-the-counter merchandise.

The e-commerce resolution gives “the whole seamless stream of somebody having the ability to buy one thing [Opill] and have it delivered to them, which makes excellent sense in contraception for privateness,” stated Dorothy Gemmell, Chief Industrial Officer at GoodRx, in an interview on the latest HLTH convention. “The era that makes use of contraception additionally will get all the things else equipped. Why stroll right into a pharmacy?”

In July 2023, Opill was accredited by the Meals and Drug Administration as the primary contraception capsule out there with no prescription within the US. It’s a every day oral contraceptive that incorporates solely progestin and doesn’t require a prescription. The capsule's approval was essential due to its potential to considerably develop entry to contraception, particularly for many who are uninsured or shouldn’t have an everyday physician (though some insurance policy additionally cowl Opill, in response to the web site). On the GoodRx platform, Opill prices $49.99 for a three-month package deal.

Final week, GoodRx additionally introduced new affordability packages for menopausal hormone therapies with Pfizer. Eligible sufferers with a prescription can discover unique money costs on Pfizer's menopausal hormone therapies at greater than 70,000 pharmacies nationwide by way of GoodRx. For instance, shoppers can buy Prempro for roughly $98.84 on GoodRx, in comparison with its retail value of $372.99. It treats sizzling flashes and prevents osteoporosis. They will additionally get Estring (which treats vaginal irritation and dryness) for $249, versus the retail value of $655.89. They will acquire these drugs from a number of pharmacy chains, together with CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Costco.

Analysis from GoodRx exhibits that listing costs for menopause drugs have elevated 58% since 2014. There may be additionally uneven insurance coverage protection for menopausal drugs, with some drugs having higher protection than others. Moreover, individuals experiencing menopause pay 45% extra in well being care prices than those that don't expertise menopause, one other research discovered.

“Girls on the whole, in well being care, are topic to what we name the 'Pink Tax,'” Gemmell stated. “Girls pay extra for well being care total, even in case you take maternity pass over of the equation.”

In complete, GoodRx works with greater than 150 manufacturers, together with pharmaceutical producers and medical gadget firms, and greater than 50 pharmaceutical manufacturers provide money pricing choices on the GoodRx platform. The corporate introduced Tuesday that its weight administration resolution QSYMIA is obtainable for an unique money value of $149 for a 30-day provide. In July, the corporate started providing Boehringer Ingelheim's Humira biosimilar for $550 per two-pack.

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