News & Events

Articles & Publications

• Pharmaceutical Executive January 2012: Letting the Facts Get in the Way

Letting the Facts Get In the Way: An empirical defense of coupons and copay offset programs

• Pharmaceutical Commerce: Co-pay Coupons

Battle lines draw up between PBMs and manufacturers who use copay coupons

• Pharmaceutical Executive, May 2011: Out of Control

Out of Control: The Ever Increasing Price of Preferred Formulary Access

• WSJ Health Blog (by Jonathan D. Rockoff)

Drug Price Increases Come As Companies Peer Over Patent Cliff

• Forbes.com – Pharma & Healthcare – “The Medicine Show” (by Matthew Herper)

How Bargain Lipitor Could Raise Health Costs

• Pharmaceutical Executive, January 2010: First Do No Harm

First Do No Harm: Designing and deploying company copay offset programs without devaluing the brand

• Pharmaceutical Executive, August 2008: Inside the Doughnut Hole

Inside the Doughnut Hole: Demystifying the Medicare Part D coverage gap

• Medicare Part D: Continuing to Offer Improvements to Patients: July 2008

Medicare Part D: Continuing to Offer Improvements to Patients: Claims Data Show Beneficiaries Previously Without Prescription Drug Coverage Continued to Benefit from Increased Access and Lower Costs in 2007

• Pharmaceutical Executive, November 2007: Consultants Confidential

Consultants Confidential: New challenges, such as the best way to measure the performance of products under Medicare Part D, are often best solved through incremental improvement.

• Medicare Part D: Assessing the Impact for Beneficiaries without Previous Drug Coverage and Dual Eligibles: September 2007

PhRMA commissioned study by The Amundsen Group which examines the impact of Medicare Part D on patients previously without prescription drug coverage

Announcements & Events

• Corporate HQ Move

Amundsen announces corporate headquarters move to Burlington, MA, in order to accommodate continued growth and expansion of client services.

• CBI’s 2nd Annual Risk Sharing and Innovative Contracting Models for Bio/Pharmaceuticals conference

Amundsen presentation by Mason Tenaglia and Jamie Sidore — Day One (3/24/11): Improve Adherence through Lower Co-Pays – Can Manufacturers and Health Plans Create a “Win-Win” Strategy through Co-Pay Offset Programs for “Appropriate Use”?

• Amundsen Group announces Jamie Sidore’s appointment to Principal: January 1, 2011

The Amundsen Group is pleased to announce that Jamie Sidore has been promoted to Principal effective January 1, 2011.

• WK/Amundsen Interactive Webcast: Thursday, October 7, 2010

Geographic Archetyping – An Innovative Approach to Integrated Pharmaceutical Marketing or “How to achieve geographic segmentation without reorganization”

• Amundsen/WK Interactive Webcast: Wednesday, February 11, 2009

No More Tiers! A New Approach for Evaluating Formulary Contracts