To advance science, expertise and evidence-based decision making to improve patient health through access to high-quality, cost-effective medications and other therapies.

JMCP Guiding Principles

As the premier journal in managed care pharmacy thought leadership and research, we:

1. Publish scientific research, real-world evidence, commentary, and practice guidance that is actionable in managed care pharmacy practice
2. Foster the exchange of ideas across health care decision makers, policymakers, managed care pharmacy practitioners, specialty pharmacy practitioners, academicians, drug developers, and patients
3. Explore current and emerging trends in managed care and specialty pharmacy
4. Influence policy by informing the managed care pharmacy community, government, media, and others concerned with access to high-quality, cost-effective therapies
5. Embrace broad ethical, legal, social, and public health frameworks
6. Promote managed care pharmacy’s role in addressing racial and social inequities in medication use
7. Maintain policies that foster the highest standards of research ethics and integrity by investigators who publish in our journal
8. Adhere to the highest standards of publication ethics, peer review, and editorial independence