Asembia 2025 recap: innovation, urgency, and what comes next

This year’s specialty pharmacy summit surfaced two urgent industry challenges: the breakdown of the traditional hub model and the financial shock looming from high-cost gene and rare disease therapies.

In this RxR Briefing, I share key takeaways from the event and offer actionable insights for leaders looking to navigate the disruption ahead.

Photo: Harry Travis, Chris Benz, Keith Kallmes

Grapefruit anyone?

Keith Kallmes is the co-founder of Nested Knowledge. He and his co-founder and brother Kevin recently presented their AI-powered search tool for clinical research to the RxRoundtable. Prior to driving to Vegas from southern California he picked over 100 grapefruits from a friend's farm and brought them along as giveaways at the meeting. One of them ended up in Asembia’s Chris Benz's hands.

Photo: Harry Travis and Todd Eury

Lights, camera, action!

If you want to get an efficient overview of the entire Asembia 2025 conference, tune into the The Pharmacy Podcast Network. Todd Eury interviews dozens of speakers and exhibitors giving you a great overview of the diversity of talent and topics on display at Asembia.

Asembia 2025 AI Resources Page

Harry’s public AXS25 AI resource page

Harry presented AI and its Impact on Healthcare and Pharmacy - An Introduction deck at Asembia 2025 to a packed house. Harry graciously pre-recorded the presentation and the video is now available to the public. We also included:

• 52 AI applications you can try

• 15 AI-centric podcasts and newsletters Harry recommends

• 7 AI online learning portals and resources

Check it out and feel free to share this page as a resource as we will leave it up on the site for a while. RxRoundtable Members can also find this content in the Member Resource Library.

May 2025 Industry Conferences

• NCPDP’s Annual Technology & Business Conference—May 5-7, 2025, Scottsdale, AZ

• NABP Annual Meeting—May 13-16, 2025, Fort Lauderdale, FL

• ISPOR 2025—May 13-16, 2025, Montreal, QC, Canada

Members are adding the conferences they’ll be attending to their bio pages inside the RxRoundtable Member Directory, which will enable other Members to filter on a conference to quickly see who will also be attending. Members can then connect—another reason to have your bio page listed in the Member Directory.

Upcoming RxRoundtable Member Events

Grab your seat for our upcoming RxRoundtable Member-only events.

• Tuesday RxRoundtable Session May 6, 2025 4-5PM EST—Dan Zelem with Esperhealth will be providing an overview of Esperhealth, their AI value proposition, as well as select use cases.

• RxRoundtable Hot Topic 🔥 May 14, 2025 4-5PM EST—NCPA’s Mark Ey and Joe Dunham, CEO of OneroRx, will discuss the state of independent community pharmacies.

• Thursday RxRoundtable Session May 15, 2025 4-5PM EST—Free Market Health’s President and COO Mark Conklin will join us to share how Free Market Health is enhancing the specialty pharmacy ecosystem for the benefit of pharmacies, payers and patients.

Past Member Event Recordings

Miss an event? No worries. We have it recorded!

We know you sometimes have competing priorities and miss attending a live RxRoundtable Member event. The good news is we record every event for all Members to view at any time.

To access past event recordings, log into the RxRoundtable Member area and click on any past event to find the recording in the event detail page, or, visit the new Past Recordings in the Resource Library.

Join the RxRoundtable!

Refer the RxRoundtable and RxR Briefings

Our network of Professional Members is growing daily, and if you are eligible to join, we would love to have you. It’s a great opportunity to network, learn industry trends, and discover opportunities that will grow your professional skills and career.

We also invite (and thank you) for sharing and referring fellow colleagues to subscribe to the RxR Briefings. It’s a great way for us all to stay in touch and share valuable industry information, especially during a rapidly-changing economy and healthcare marketplace.

We hope you enjoyed this issue of RxR Briefings