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» FMCP Launches Fourth Annual Emerging Trends Survey. Your Expertise Is Needed Again!

Calling All Health Plan, PBM and Consultant Managed Care Pharmacy Experts! Your Foundation needs your help...Again!! The Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy (FMCP) is excited to announce the launch of its fourth annual Emerging Trends Survey and we need your participation in this survey as an expert in managed care pharmacy in order to create new knowledge, all focused toward helping patients optimize their medication therapy.

» FMCP Seeks Nominees for the 2010 Steven G. Avey Award
The Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy (FMCP) is currently seeking nominations for the prestigious Steven G. Avey Award, which recognizes individuals for their lifetime contributions to the field of managed care pharmacy. The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2009.

» Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy Announces National Student Pharmacist P&T Competition and the Student/Resident/Fellow Best Poster Competition Winners
The Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy are excited to announce the winners for the 9^th Annual AMCP/FMCP National Student Pharmacist Pharmacy & Therapeutics Competition and the Student/Resident/Fellow Best Poster Competition.

» FMCP Updates Topline Research Report: Specialty Pharmacy Emerging as Top Concern of Pharmacy Benefit Managers

New Frontiers in Managed Care Pharmacy Year Three- Your Peers Speak Out!

The Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy (FMCP) has released the results of its 2008 market research project designed to obtain insights from leaders with informed opinions and/or decision-making roles (e.g., pharmacy directors, medical directors, etc.) on the expectations, behaviors and business trends of managed health care systems on a number of evolving issues.

» FMCP Research Examines Formulary Decision Processes in US Health Plans

Alexandria, Va., April 11, 2008 – The Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy (FMCP) completed in March 2008 a study that examines the prevalence and use of scientific evidence in the formulary decision making process. Results of the study were presented on Friday April 18, 2008 during the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s (AMCP) 20^th Annual Meeting and Showcase in San Francisco, CA. Click the story title above to read the April 2008 press release and download a copy of the final report.

Sean D. Sullivan PhD, Professor and Director, University of Washington Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program and Peter J. Neumann, ScD, Professor and Director, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts New England Medical Center will present the research findings during a poster session at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research's (ISPOR) 11th Annual European Congress in Athens, Greece, November 8-11, 2008.