2021年6月2日

06/02/2021 | 01:47pm美国信息:*必填字段,今年将近200万美国人被诊断为癌症。但是四分之一不会填补他们昂贵的处方,另有20%会配给他们的药物由于成本,每月可达15000美元或更多。但由于伙伴关系新星ScriptsCentral和多数RemediChain,一些维吉尼亚癌症患者可以免费获得拯救生命的药物。“口服化疗药物是最必要的,市场上最昂贵和最浪费的处方,”菲尔·贝克说,药剂师和RemediChain创始人之一。“但区块链技术和关键合作伙伴关系可以让药物最需要的人。“是这样的。口服化疗药物由于各种原因未使用。有些病人去世。别人改变治疗。还有一些人进入缓解期。2018年,贝克与田纳西州议会修改法律,让个人也能捐出闲置的非营利药房处方。 In 2020, Baker and his partners launched #FlipYourScrip, a text-based system for individuals to find out if their medication can be donated. After a pharmacist inspection, viable donated medications are entered into an immutable blockchain database. In just one year, donors sent more than $5 million worth of medication to RemediChain. But it needs reliable partners to distribute drugs to patients in need. That’s where NOVA ScriptsCentral comes in. “Our patients in Virginia are at the highest risk for the problem RemediChain addresses – which the National Institutes of Health calls ‘ financial toxicity ,’” said Donney John , pharmacist and executive director of NOVA ScriptsCentral. “It describes financial problems patients with cancer may have related to job loss or treatment costs. According to the NIH, some cancer patients spend more than 20% of their income on medical care, and it isn’t sustainable for many. When we found out our patients could get their oral chemotherapy treatments at no cost, we jumped at the chance to partner with RemediChain. This is exactly the type of support that could change the outcome and literally save lives.” Both donors and patients in need can visit FlipYourScrip.com to register donations or sign up to receive no-cost medication. To find out if RemediChain and NOVA ScriptsCentral have a specific medication, patients, providers or caregivers can also check the RemediChain medication list . About NOVA ScriptsCentral NOVA ScriptsCentral provides quality, integrated pharmaceutical care and medication access for low-income, uninsured patients in Northern Virginia. Founded on the principle that everyone should be able to access quality, affordable health care regardless of their socio-economic background, the NSC model is based on best practices research and focuses on economies of scale, with all partner clinics using one pharmacy for the benefit of all. Since 2006, it has dispensed more than 320,000 prescriptions valued at more than $82 million. For more information, visit https://novascriptscentral.org/ . About RemediChain We believe surplus medication should be managed as a resource. The RemediChain platform incentivizes community members to text a picture of their unused prescriptions. When chemotherapy is identified, the platform generates a prescription donation form and a link that covers shipping costs to our facility. A licensed pharmacist inspects medications for safety before adding them to inventory. Our virtual inventory is available to a network of cancer centers across the nation connecting vulnerable patients with cancer treatment they could not receive by any other means. RemediChain's #FlipYourScrip program was named a World Changing Ideas finalist by Fast Company in 2021. For more information, visit www.remedichain.org . View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210602005923/en/ © Business Wire 2021