Congratulations to Sean Sullivan (’83) who was the recent 2014 AMCP (Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy) Foundation Steven G. Avey Award Recipient. This prestigious award honors those who have exhibited sustained, exemplary and distinguished service to the profession of managed care pharmacy.
The award recognizes Sean’s numerous outstanding accomplishments including service as Director of the University of Washington Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program; Co-Director of the University of Washington Center for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness; author of over 350 publications; and past chair of the AMCP Format Executive Committee responsible for the AMCP Format for Formulary Submissions.
As a team member of the AMCP Format Executive Committee, Sean played a fundamental role in the implementation of what is now called the AMCP Format. Fifteen years ago, he and his colleagues set out to alter the way medical products producers provided post-approval information to managed care pharmacists. They are responsible for shifting the control of evidence intended to support formulary decisions from an industry-centric approach to one that placed it firmly within managed care pharmacy.