Specialty Pharmaceuticals in Development 2025

Overview

Pricing: Free for Members and $30 for Non-Members

Course Description

Specialty pharmaceuticals represent a rapidly expanding and incredibly diverse subset of prescription drugs. While many specialty pharmaceuticals are often associated with great therapeutic promise, the cost and complexity of these products pose unique challenges for healthcare providers, payers, and policymakers. It has never been more important for managed care professionals to stay ahead in this evolving treatment landscape.

Join this session to learn more about recent specialty approvals, emerging specialty products with potential for near-term approval, and trends within this area of drug development.

Target Audience

Pharmacists who practice in managed care settings.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Recognize recently approved specialty medications.
  2. List conditions with potential to see novel specialty medications gain FDA approval in the near-term.
  3. Describe the mechanism of action and potential place in therapy for new and emerging specialty medications.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 ACPE
    ACPE The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Course opens: 
04/18/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2026
Cost:
$30.00

Faculty

Maria Lowe, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Vice President of Pharmaceutical Intelligence
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
Boston, MA

 

Financial Relationship Disclosures

Faculty/Reviewer/Planner​

Reported Relevant Financial Relationships​

Maria M. Lowe, PharmD, BCPS​

Faculty​

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.​

Soumya Vishwanath, PharmD​

Reviewer​

Employee: Prime Therapeutics​

Brittany V. Henry, PharmD, MBA​

Planner​

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.​

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  • If applicable, relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and documented.
  • Content has undergone a peer review to ensure content validity.

Accreditation

Accreditation:

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

ACPE UAN: 00233-0000-25-026-H01-P • Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
Contact Hours: 1.25
Release Date: April 18, 2025 •  Expiration Date: December 31, 2026
Activity Fee: Free for Members and $30 for Non-Members

Participants should claim continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit for this home study activity only if they have not claimed credit for the live activity presented at AMCP 2024. CPE credit will be processed through the AMCP Learn portal and reported directly to CPE Monitor. Please allow 72 hours for processing and posting in your NABP account.

To receive credit for an online activity you must:

  • Review the full content of the activity.
  • Successfully complete the post-test (required to pass with a score of 70% or higher, it may be taken a maximum of three times).
  • Complete a specific activity evaluation.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 ACPE
    ACPE The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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Price

Cost:
$30.00
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