Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discuss prescription drug issues including the drivers or cost, employer response to increasing costs, and how this issue is addressed in mergers and acquisitions of pharmaceutical companies.

Description: Panelists discuss what is driving the increase in prescription drug costs, what strategies are being used to try to control them, and what may be in store for the future. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 26

Description: Panelists with close ties to prescription drug programs provide information such as factors driving pharmacy cost increases, combating rising utilization, and the value of mail-order drug programs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 53

Description: Panel discusses a variety of current issues in the senior health-care marketplace, including the effects of current, pending, and proposed Medicare changes. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: This session provides updates on pharmacy topics, including anticipating drug cost and utilization trend, developments in benefit design, specialty pharmacy, the pharmaceutical manufacturer perspective on drug costs and the evolution of pharmacy benefit managers. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 96