GoodRx

A doctor using Provider Mode on a desktop computer in her office.
By  Emily Olsen 12:05 pm October 13, 2022
On Thursday GoodRx, best known for its drug-cost transparency tools, announced a platform for providers, allowing them to search for medication-cost information during appointments with patients. Provider Mode, which is now launching out of beta, lets providers or other healthcare workers to search for medications at the point of care. They can input information on location, dosing and quantity,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 09:12 am September 22, 2022
Calif.-based startup Curative offers COVID-19 testing and vaccination services throughout the U.S., but as testing needs have lessened, the company is shifting its focus to launching a new health plan. Due to the course change, the company is laying off 109 employees in early November.  The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice with the state of California. WARN...
A person using GoodRx on a desktop.
By  Emily Olsen 12:43 pm September 2, 2022
GoodRx, a company best known for its prescription price transparency tools, will lay off approximately 140 employees, making up about 16% of its workforce. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the reduction will primarily affect its technology-focused and marketing segments. "The company is focused on efficiently growing its core prescriptions business, accelerating...
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By  Laura Lovett 11:40 am March 7, 2022
Medication price transparency tool GoodRx is scooping up tech-backed pharmacy platform vitaCare for $150 million in cash, with an additional $7 million contingent based on performance.  Currently owned by TherapeuticsMD, vitaCare was designed to give patients information about their benefits and medication coverage options. It also has a tool that helps payers and providers communicate. Patients...
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By  Laura Lovett 02:06 pm December 15, 2021
Wheel, a vendor of telehealth services and staffing, announced its plans to integrate with health transparency tool GoodRx. The new partnership means that providers at organizations using Wheel’s virtual care platform can offer their patients a GoodRx coupon for their medications at their preferred pharmacy. GoodRx is focused on showing patients the lowest prices on their medications. It does...
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By  MobiHealthNews 02:27 pm November 12, 2021
Rapid-diagnostics company Cue Health earned $223.7 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2021, compared with $137.4 million for the prior quarter and $4.7 million for the prior year. The company went public in late September, raising $213.9 million in proceeds after underwriting fees. Net income dipped slightly to $19.3 million compared with $19.8 million in the second quarter, and earnings...
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By  Laura Lovett 10:41 am September 23, 2021
GoodRx, a company best known for its medication price transparency service, is launching a new health information tool designed to give in-depth information to some of the most common health questions and conditions.  Dubbed GoodRx Health, the service takes a multimodal approach, and includes GoodRx Answers, editorial content aimed to help inform patients about their conditions and questions,...
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By  Laura Lovett 12:19 pm May 14, 2021
GoodRx, a company best known for its price transparency tools, snapped up RxSaver, a startup that gives users discounts on prescription medicines for a cool $50 million, Bloomberg first reported. "You know, the RxSaver acquisition allows us to extend our reach and prescription transactions by adding a small consumer base and a brand that's known and resonates with a subset of consumers. The...
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By  Mallory Hackett 11:27 am April 19, 2021
Prescription price comparison platform GoodRx announced today it has acquired HealthiNation, a health education video producer, for an undisclosed sum. HealthiNation operates an online library of informational video content covering a range of health topics – from chronic condition management to nutrition and fitness. GoodRx said the acquisition will further its mission to provide consumers with...
The company boasted strong revenues and membership growth but took a hit in its GAAP net income.
By  Mallory Hackett 12:13 pm March 12, 2021
GoodRx shared its first full-year earnings since becoming a publicly-traded company this week, boasting substantial revenue growth and increases in its membership. The prescription price comparison platform was able to make these advancements despite pandemic-related care deferrals, skipped medication refills and an “unusually weak cold and flu season,'' according to the shareholder letter. TOP-...