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Civica, Blue Cross Blue Shield create generic drug subsidiary

by Lisa M. Jarvis
February 1, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 5

 

Civica Rx, a nonprofit formed in 2018 by health systems and philanthropies to stabilize the supply of generic drugs, continues its rapid growth. Days after announcing a manufacturing partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Civica has teamed with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association to create a subsidiary dedicated to lowering the cost of certain generic drugs. Blue Cross has committed $55 million to the subsidiary, which will acquire abbreviated new-drug applications for select high-cost products that it aims to make available by early 2022.

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