I like it but, if there was an FAQ, I'd sure like it better. Too many unanswered questions to bother though. Which meds? What states? What's the cost of the meds? etc
PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy
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Re: PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy
#12I like it but, if there was an FAQ, I'd sure like it better. Too many unanswered questions to bother though. Which meds? What states? What's the cost of the meds? etc
Sorry that's not more apparent to navigate to - there is a list of common FAQ's here: https://pillpack.com/support.
Re: PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy
#13That's nice. Here in Sweden, this is a standard way of delivering medications to those who need it pre-sorted for easier delivery. It also has environmental benefits, since the waste can be reduced.
It's called "ApoDos" (which is just a portmonteau of the "apotek" which means pharmacy, and "dos" which means "dose"), here's a web page from Sweden's largest pharmacy: http://www.apoteketfarmaci.se/Tjanster/Service.aspx?UniqueId.... It's in Swedish but there's a picture of the delivery bags used, tney come on a roll in a plastic case.
Re: PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy
#14So Express Scripts ($100B in annual sales) is going to get taken out by unit dose packaging? WalMart's pharmacy is also testing blister packs + multi-dose...I don't see how this displaces ESI...
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#15So Express Scripts ($100B in annual sales) is going to get taken out by unit dose packaging? WalMart's pharmacy is also testing blister packs + multi-dose...I don't see how this displaces ESI...
My question is what's to stop the existing mail order pharmacies from doing the same thing?
My guess is that they'll get bought out if it takes off. Other pharmacies will copy the process.
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#16Pillpack is the 10-15 year plan. The 20 year is actual delivery within your body: take a pill once and it gradually releases the correct amount at the correct time with an option to flush it out of your system as well.
Like the contraceptive implant? Without know a thing about drug delivery, it seems like it'd be pretty feasible already. There's probably a reason it's not done for more drugs, but I can't think of a good one. Perhaps the fear of someone pulling out 6 months worth of drug X from their arm, and selling/abusing it?
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#17Pillpack is the 10-15 year plan. The 20 year is actual delivery within your body: take a pill once and it gradually releases the correct amount at the correct time with an option to flush it out of your system as well.
Like the contraceptive implant? Without know a thing about drug delivery, it seems like it'd be pretty feasible already. There's probably a reason it's not done for more drugs, but I can't think of a good one. Perhaps the fear of someone pulling out 6 months worth of drug X from their arm, and selling/abusing it?
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#18My wife is a Pharmacist dual licensed in Mass and NH and in love with this idea. She's going to get in touch but if someone from PillPack is on here let me know. You'll get a career startup software developer as an addon ;). Really cool stuff.
Awesome! Founder here - would love to hear from you / her! Shoot me an email tj at pillpack dot com.
Threejay, we met via Skype at one of the advisory sessions you had during TechStars (I was with one of the VC firms). Great job executing! Let me know if you need referrals to pharmacists or doctors for any reason (or pharm/med schools).
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#19Pillpack is the 10-15 year plan. The 20 year is actual delivery within your body: take a pill once and it gradually releases the correct amount at the correct time with an option to flush it out of your system as well.
Like the contraceptive implant? Without know a thing about drug delivery, it seems like it'd be pretty feasible already. There's probably a reason it's not done for more drugs, but I can't think of a good one. Perhaps the fear of someone pulling out 6 months worth of drug X from their arm, and selling/abusing it?
Accidental breakage and overdose would seem likely to be a concern, as well. Breakage has been observed in contraceptive implants, but the resulting changes in drug release have not, AFAIK, resulted in particularly significant health effects. However, with other drugs that could be a bigger risk.
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#20That's nice. Here in Sweden, this is a standard way of delivering medications to those who need it pre-sorted for easier delivery. It also has environmental benefits, since the waste can be reduced. It's called "ApoDos" (which is just a portmonteau of the "apotek" which means pharmacy, and "dos" which means "dose"), here's a web page from Sweden's largest pharmacy: http://www.apoteketfarmaci.se/Tjanster/Service.aspx?…
Yup - the packaging component has proliferated in a handful of countries, the US (obviously) not being one of them. In fact we imported a piece of quality control machinery from the Netherlands where this packaging is much more commonplace.