Castlight president discusses new pharmacy and health plan offerings (transcript)

This is the transcript of yesterday’s podcast with Castlight Health President John Driscoll.   David E. Williams:  This is David Williams from the Health Business Group.  I’m speaking today with John Driscoll, president of Castlight Health.  John, nice to speak with you today.   John Driscoll:  Great to be with you, David.   Williams:  John, we’re going to talk about two topics today.  One is the new Castlight Pharmacy product and another is Castlight’s emergence in my home market of Massachusetts with its first health plan deal with Harvard Pilgrim.   Let’s talk about pharmacy first.  What is this Castlight pharmacy product?  What is the need that you’re addressing?   Driscoll:  As you know, David, we are absolutely aggressive about making sure that consumers have real time information that allows them to make the best choice.  And we are focused on the lack of cost and quality information in marketplace.  That’s an entirely new area for consumers and patients.   The one area where consumers are ready and able to make smart purchasing decisions is pharmacy.  So we thought it was important to invest in a new capability to allow consumers to make decisions right after they’ve left the doctor’s office with their mobile device or when they’re searching on the Internet.   Consumers are very focused on how much drugs cost.  And many patients are trading off drug costs against th...
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