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Napo Pharmaceuticals, a Subsidiary of Jaguar Health, Launches Web-based NapoCares Platform to Enhance Patient Access to Mytesi
iAssist, a web-based component of the NapoCares™ patient support program, automates and streamlines the patient prescription processSAN FRANCISCO, CA /
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[{"type":"text","content":"iAssist, a web-based component of the NapoCares™ patient support program, automates and streamlines the patient prescription processSAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 15, 2020 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Napo), has launched a Web-based component of the NapoCares patient support program to automate and streamline the patient prescription process for Mytesi® (crofelemer), Napo's plant-based and non-opioid FDA-approved drug product. The iAssist platform is designed to simplify the prescription process for specialty therapies like Mytesi by providing electronic prescribing, prior authorizations, signatures and patient consent; instant access to patient eligibility information; customized electronic enrollment forms; and access to all platform features at any time from a PC or mobile device.\"Starting patients on specialty therapies like Mytesi can be a complex and time-consuming process,\" said Ian Wendt, Jaguar's vice president of commercial strategy. \"Implementation of this new, cloud-based system supports the ongoing goal of our NapoCares program to remove barriers for patients to access Mytesi, making it faster and easier for patients to start and stay on the drug by streamlining communications between prescribers, pharmacies, patients, and payers.\"iAssist helps patients begin their medication sooner, because the platform facilitates rapid fulfillment of prescriptions and enrollment in patient support services, along with real-time confirmation for commercially and government insured patients of benefits coverage. The system provides visibility through the prescription process that allows patient status tracking and proactive follow-up support by their providers.The iAssist platform is provided by Florida-based AssistRx, a specialty therapy initiation and patient support company. AssistRx has extensive experience supporting HIV patients, and a significant percentage of Mytesi providers already leverage the iAssist platform as part of their practice workflow.Mytesi is a non-opiate, plant-based, chloride ion channel modulating antidiarrheal medicine that is FDA approved for the symptomatic relief of noninfectious diarrhea in adult patients with HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy. The only oral plant-based prescription medicine appr...