Diplomat to Dispense AstraZeneca Drug TAGRISSO™ (osimertinib)

FLINT, Mich., Nov. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (NYSE: DPLO) announced today that it will offer TAGRISSO™ (osimertinib), recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an oral therapy for a specific type of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

TAGRISSO™ is an EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), a targeted cancer therapy, designed to inhibit both the activating, sensitizing mutations (EGFRm), and T790M, the genetic mutation responsible for EGFR-TKI treatment resistance in up to approximately two-thirds of cases of EGFRm advanced NSCLC. 

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 221,200 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year, and 158,040 will die from the disease. NSCLC is the most common type of lung cancer. Mutations in the EGFR gene are present in about 10 to 15 percent of NSCLC tumors.

EGFR is a protein found in abnormally high levels on the surface of many types of cancer cells, particularly NSCLC cells. A patient's EGFR mutation status (positive or negative) can be confirmed by diagnostic testing using a sample of tissue.

"Diplomat is proud to support patient adherence and compliance with therapy through enhanced clinical outreach programs, with customized messaging, developed in collaboration with AstraZeneca, to patients through various stages of treatment," said Gary Kadlec, Diplomat president.

TAGRISSO™ is distributed by AstraZeneca. Click here for complete TAGRISSO™ prescribing information.

To learn more about Diplomat, visit www.diplomat.is.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events or our future financial or operating performance. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on management's good-faith belief and reasonable judgment based on current information. These statements are qualified by important risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those forecasted or indicated by such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, you should review Diplomat's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including "Risk Factors" in Diplomat's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and in subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as may be required by any applicable laws, Diplomat assumes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date hereof or the earlier date specified herein, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

About Diplomat

Diplomat (NYSE: DPLO) serves patients and physicians in all 50 states. Headquartered in Flint, Michigan, the company focuses on medication management programs for people with complex chronic diseases, including oncology, immunology, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, HIV, specialized infusion therapy and many other serious or long-term conditions. Diplomat opened its doors in 1975 as a neighborhood pharmacy with one essential tenet: "Take good care of patients, and the rest falls into place." Today, that tradition continues—always focused on improving patient care and clinical adherence. For more information visit www.diplomat.is. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn, and like us on Facebook.

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Gary Rice, RPh, MS, MBA, CSP,
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Education, and Human Resources  
810.768.9863 | [email protected]

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