Envisionrx And Gilead Sciences, Inc. Sign Exclusive Agreement To Help In The Fight Against Hepatitis C

TWINSBURG, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EnvisionRx®, a national, full-service pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company, today announced a partnership with Gilead Sciences Inc., a pioneer in the treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), to provide availability to HCV infection treatments Sovaldi® and Harvoni™ for EnvisionRx patients on an exclusive basis.

“EnvisionRx is committed to helping patients attain the most effective drugs at affordable prices, and we are proud to be able to offer our patients Sovaldi® and Harvoni™, the market leaders in the treatment of HCV”

“EnvisionRx is committed to helping patients attain the most effective drugs at affordable prices, and we are proud to be able to offer our patients Sovaldi® and Harvoni™, the market leaders in the treatment of HCV, ” said Dawn Sherman, President of EnvisionRx. “The safety and efficacy profile of Gilead’s HCV products, coupled with the most competitive pricing in the drug class, have solidified EnvisionRx’s choice to place Gilead’s HCV products in an exclusive and preferred formulary position. We believe our comprehensive HCV approach will enable our patients to receive the best available care.”

Consistent with PBM industry practice, exceptions for other hepatitis C drugs will be allowed in some cases. Harvoni® (ledipasvir 90 mg/sofosbuvir 400 mg), is the first once-daily single tablet regimen for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in adults. Sovaldi™ (sofosbuvir) 400 mg tablets, is a once-daily oral nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection as a component of a combination antiviral treatment regimen.

About EnvisionRx

Established in 2001, EnvisionRx is a national, full-service pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company. EnvisionRx is part of a group of healthcare management companies owned and operated by Envision Pharmaceutical Holdings, LLC (EPH). EPH is a portfolio company of TPG, a leading global private investment firm with $65 billion of assets under management. In addition to EnvisionRx, EPH subsidiaries also include Envision Insurance Company, a fully insured provider of Medicare Part D Plans nationally, Envision Medical Solutions, LLC, an administrator of prescription savings plans and prescription savings cards, Orchard Pharmaceutical Services, LLC, a full-service mail-order and specialty drug pharmacy, Design Rx, LLC, the market leader in cash-pay pharmacy services for infertility and fertility products and Laker Software, LLC, an innovative, market-leading provider of claims processing systems and support services for prescription drug benefit programs. EnvisionRx, which was founded on a commitment to provide full disclosure in the PBM marketplace, promotes a transparent, pass-through business model in which 100% of earned rebates, discounts, and incentives are instantly credited at the point of sale to customers, and for which EnvisionRx charges a low, flat monthly management fee for most services. This translates into significant savings for the company’s more than 13 million covered individuals. The Company has been awarded the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) accreditations for PBM and Drug Therapy Management annually since 2007. EnvisionRx is headquartered in Twinsburg, OH, with offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL; Tampa, FL; Canton, OH; Ogden, UT; Minneapolis, MN and El Dorado Hills, CA. For more information about EnvisionRx visit www.envisionrx.com. EnvisionRx is a registered trademark of Envision Pharmaceutical Services, LLC.

About Gilead Sciences Inc.

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company’s mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. U.S. Full Prescribing Information for Harvoni and Sovaldi is available at www.gilead.com. Harvoni and Sovaldi are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., and its related companies.

Contacts

EnvisionRx
Nick Vasilopoulos, 330-888-6926
nvasilopoulos@envisionrx.com

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