Solving Prescription Drug Pricing In The Us With Cost Plus Drugs & Capital Rx Ceos : E1518

0:00 Molly intros today's two interviews
3:22 Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company CEO and Founder Alex Oshmyansky on operating a startup while still being a practicing doctor and Cost Plug Drugs' business model
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12:43 Alex explains the state of the US drug space, why they're trying to build a "parallel supply chain", the importance of transparency, and the origin story of the company
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25:11 Drug production, hot button drug issues
32:16 Alex explains the "financial engineering" and profiteering in the prescription drug space
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40:35 Molly intros the next guest: Capital RX CEO AJ Loiacono, who explains the convoluted and opaque pharmaceutical supply chain
54:30 Understanding PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) and the broader healthcare industry
1:04:09 AJ gets into his background, starting Capital RX, and how it fits into the ecosystem

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