The World Health Organization now recommends Paxlovid and Veklury for non-severe COVID-19 at high risk of hospitalization but still advises against use in mild disease with low risk of hospitalization.
A Parkinson’s therapy, a treatment for seizures, a drug used in the treatment of heart failure, and a therapy for a rare disease have been removed from Prime’s Medicare formularies.
A literature review found an association between increased cost-sharing and lower patient adherence, which in turn could be associated with increased hospitalizations.
CMS’s final decision is that monoclonal antibodies to treat Alzheimer’s disease may only be covered in a randomized controlled trial conducted under an investigational new drug application.
Two new subsections have been added to the warning and precautious section of Zepzelca’s label to address serious adverse events that were identified during post-market monitoring.
