January 29, 2024- Specialty drugs are prescription medications used to treat rare, complex and chronic conditions, such as diabetes, cancer and multiple sclerosis are often the only option for some patients. According to IQVIA and Cardinal Health, they represented around 51% of market sales in 2023, and are projected to continue growing.
But the process for filling a specialty prescription can take weeks, or even months, as insurance companies often require step edits, prior authorizations and at times multiple levels of appeals for these high-cost therapies.
Cardinal Health’s Sonexus™ Access and Patient Support business is dedicated to helping patients quickly access specialty medications. At Sonexus Access and Patient Support, case managers and patient navigators work with specific manufacturers’ products, so they are able to gain deep knowledge of those products.