October 11th 2024
PBMs are putting weight loss drugs, including Wegovy and Zepbound, on their national formularies, but coverage by plans is uneven. What is needed is more data about whether these drugs can lower overall healthcare costs.
Lung Cancer Tumor Board: Enhancing Precision Medicine in NSCLC Through Advancements in Molecular Testing and Optimal Therapy Selection
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Prime Therapeutics Launches Pharmacy Solution for Specialty Drugs
June 21st 2024Nathan Downhour, Pharm.D., discusses the Pharmacy Match program, which will engage with physicians to make sure a specialty prescription gets to the best-fit pharmacy across a network powered by Free Market Health.
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ICER Releases List of Drugs for Fair Access Review
June 7th 2024Included in this review will be 11 drugs that ICER assessed for cost-effectiveness in 2022. New this year is an assessment for consumer accessibility of drugs, including the burdens of prior authorization and patient cost-sharing measures.
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Payers Recognize the Benefits, but Still See Weight Loss Drugs through a Cost Lens
April 12th 2024Jeffrey Casberg, M.S., R.Ph., a senior vice president of clinical pharmacy at IPD Analytics LLC, a drug intelligence firm that advises payers and pharmaceutical companies, talks about how payers are thinking about weight-loss drugs.
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Humira Biosimilars Have a Slow Uptake, Finds Samsung Bioepis Report
April 8th 2024Caps on Medicare Part D cost sharing as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, could reduce members’ financial incentive for switching to a biosimilar, suggests the newest Samsung Bioepis Quarterly Biosimilar Market Report.
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IRA is Expected to Cut Out-of-Pocket Costs by 28% for Women in Medicare
April 2nd 2024In 2025, the out-of-pocket cap and other Part D related provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act are projected to save women in Medicare an average of 28% in out-of-pocket costs, according to a new analysis from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
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