GoodRx

GoodRx
Founded 2011
Headquarters Santa Monica, California
Area served
 United States
Key people
 Doug Hirsch
Scott Marlette
Website www.goodrx.com

GoodRx is a website and mobile app that tracks prescription drug prices and offers drug coupons in the United States. GoodRx checks more than 75,000 pharmacies in the United States.[1][2] The website gets about four million visitors a month.[3] In recent years, there has been ongoing debate over prescription drug prices in the United States.[4][5]

The Santa Monica, California-based startup was founded in 2011 by former Facebook executives Doug Hirsch and Scott Marlette.[6][7][1][8] Marlette was of the first 20 employees at Facebook, and he built Facebook's photo application.[6] In 2005, Hirsch was the Vice President of Product at Facebook, working closely with Mark Zuckerberg.[7] In 2017, Jordan Michaels took over as director of operations.[9]

In 2017, GoodRx announced partnerships with the major prescription drug companies in the country to negotiate and lower prescription drug costs.[10][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Mcusic, Teresa. "Where to turn online to save money on prescription drugs". Star Telegram. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Money, drugs, and the medical practice: Can physicians benefit from helping patients reduce prescription costs? – Continuum". www.carecloud.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  3. 1 2 Thomas, Katie. "New Online Tools Offer Path to Lower Drug Prices". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ↑ McDonough, John. ""Reference Pricing" and "GoodRx": making progress on prices". Boston.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Skinner, Ginger. "Why Drug Costs Keep Rising—and What You Can Do About It". ConsumerReports. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. 1 2 Dickinson, Boonsri. "These Ex-Facebook Guys Want To Help You Find Cheaper Drugs". Business Insider. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. 1 2 Empson, Rip. "GoodRx Grabs $1M+ From SV Angel, Founders Fund & More To Help You Find Cheap Prescription Drugs". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Lazarus, David. "Making it easy to comparison shop for prescription drugs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Farr, Christina. "Silicon Valley is too focused on taking the easy path in health care". CNBC. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Morgan, David. "Inside Rx aims to lower high prescription drug costs". CBS News. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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