Drug Manufacturers
One Network. Connected Performance. Across Every Health System.
How We Partner with Manufacturers
From pre-launch readiness to post-launch performance, Shields provides the access, clinical infrastructure, and data insights manufacturers need to support patients and maximize therapeutic impact.
Shields helps manufacturers prepare for successful market entry, identifying target health systems and patient populations, establishing data and reporting requirements, and preparing sites for REMS compliance and clinical integration.
Shields enables rapid, consistent execution across the network, accelerating time to therapy, delivering a seamless provider experience, and ensuring REMS compliance from day one.
Shields drives continuous improvement through real-time performance data, adherence and persistence optimization, and ongoing network expansion or deeper system integration.
The Numbers
$90B+
Annual Specialty Prescription Opportunity
$10
Average Patient Copay
93%
Proportion of Days Covered (PDC)/Adherence rate
82.2
Net Promoter Score (NPS)
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Common FAQs from Drug Manufacturers
Shields supports product launch success by combining integrated care delivery, standardized network execution, and real-time data insights, ensuring patients start therapy quickly and providers experience a seamless, coordinated process.
Instead of managing multiple vendors at different stages, manufacturers can rely on Shields for an end-to-end partnership that not only supports launch but continuously enhances performance and patient impact over time.
Shields combines health system integration, a scalable network model, and standardizes data and operations, delivering the clinical depth of embedded care with the consistency and visibility manufacturers need.
True Health System Integration. Delivers a level of clinical coordination and patient management that traditional specialty pharmacies can’t replicate
Scalable, Standardized Network Model. Combines local care delivery with national scale, reducing variability and complexity
Aggregated, Actionable Data. Provides deeper, more clinically meaningful insights than dispensing-only models
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