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The Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for March 22, 2023, to review Biogen’s tofersen.
Price Edge compares direct-to-consumer pricing with insurance pricing for generic drugs. It is an optional product being offered to plans.
Once-daily, oral SGLT2 inhibitor Brenzavvy has been shown to reduce blood sugar and improve glycemic control.
Dea Belazi of AscellaHealth talks about the challenges payers will face as they confront the high costs associated with specialty drugs.
A phase 3 trial showed that Jardiance reduced the risk of kidney disease progression or cardiovascular death in adults with chronic kidney disease by 28% compared with placebo. An FDA decision is expected in the second half of 2023.
Moderna plans to submit to the FDA its investigational mRNA vaccine, RNA-1345, for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the first half of 2023.
Lilly expects topline results from the confirmatory phase 3 trial in the second quarter of 2023 and plans to submit for full approval.
This is the fourth indication for the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
Tukysa with trastuzumab is indicated for second-line treatment of HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer, the first such therapy for this cancer.
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There are currently no medications approved for the treatment of NASH, which can lead to cirrhosis, eventual liver failure, cancer and death. The FDA has assigned a PDUFA target action of June 22, 2023, for the therapy, obeticholic acid.
Annual savings from biosimilars could be more $100 billion by 2026, according to IQVIA’s latest Global Use of Medicines report.
Patient advocates discussed the difficulties that formulary policies and lack of transparency place on those with chronic disease at an ICER sponsored webinar.
The Inflation Reduction Act’s cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin is likely to improve outcomes for almost half of Medicare’s insulin users.
While ICER found that overall major payer coverage policies are in line with the organization’s fair access criteria, many payers do not provide adequate transparency into clinical coverage criteria.
A new membership program, SmartRx, offers consumers savings on prescriptions, as well as office visits, eye care, vaccines and pet meds.
Lawsuit accuses the companies of using unlawful, unfair, and deceptive practices.
Rykindo is a bi-weekly long-acting risperidone injection to treat patients with schizophrenia and bipolar 1 in adults.
Optum Rx’s Humira biosimilar strategy for 2023 was set up to allow for the most value in the first year, said CEO Heather Cianfrocco.
This update removes a previous limitation that it could not be used as the first therapy.
Newer treatments, including targeted and immunotherapies, have contributed to an increase in five-year survival rates for patients with some cancers.
CMS officials plan to engage with the public for feedback and insights as they implement the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.
With this partnership, employers and their members using RxPreferred for their pharmacy benefit will have access to all medications available through Cost Plus Drugs.
Airsupra is the first rescue medication to manage both the symptoms and the inflammation associated with asthma.
Soleo Health will distribute Leqembi, the newly approved Alzheimer's therapy, to provider offices and infusion centers, as well as administer it across its own ambulatory infusions centers.
New approvals include gene therapies, first-in-class drugs, treatments for rare diseases, and cancer, as well as biosimilars.
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