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Podcast: This Week in Startups
Episode: Solving prescription drug pricing in the US with Cost Plus Drugs & Capital RX CEOs | E1518
Description: Today, we have two interviews with founders innovating in the US prescription drug market to bring prices down for consumers.
First up, Molly talks with Alex Oshmyansky, CEO of The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, about building a "parallel supply chain", the importance of transparency, and a breakdown of the "financial engineering" in the industry. (3:22)
Then, she talks to Capital RX CEO AJ Loiacono for a full breakdown on PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) and the opaque pharmaceutical supply chain. (40:35)
(0:00) Molly intros today's two interviews
(3:22) Mark Cuban Cost...