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Beginning in January 2025, Optum Rx will remove from several Humira biosimilars from its formulary, including Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz), the unbranded Hyrimoz and Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm).
If granted, Tremfya will be approved to treat children ages six and under with severe plaque psoriasis and children ages five and under with juvenile psoriatic arthritis.
Vutrisiran is the generic form of previously approved Amvuttra. The FDA’s target date for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy is March 23, 2025.
Whether this proposed rule actually has any impact remains to be seen, especially with a new administration led by Donald Trump’s new health appointees.
Imkeldi is a new formulation of imatinib approved as a strawberry-flavored, shelf-stable liquid designed to be more appealing to a wider range of patients, pediatric patients included.
Attruby (acoramidis) is a small molecule approved to treat adults with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. It will have a list price of $18,759 for a month’s supply.
CVS Caremark has removed several diabetes drugs favor of newer products and generics, and is even favoring an insulin infusion system developed by a company that was cofounded by Alan Lotvin, a former executive at CVS Health.
Produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells, Ziihera (zanidatamab-hrii) is the first HER2-targeted bispecific antibody treatment for patients with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer.
After a three-year negotiation, the FDA has dropped its objection to allowing patients to self-titrate dosing of smoked cannabis. But regulators want to see additional information about the device that will be used for inhalation.
The FDA has approved UCB's Bimzelx for moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa, offering a new treatment option for this painful autoimmune skin disease.
Relapsed or refractory acute leukemia with a KMT2A translocation currently has an overall survival rate of less than one year when treated with frontline therapies.
The FDA assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of April 2, 2025, for reproxalap for patients with dry eye disease. Reproxalap also is being tested in allergic conjunctivitis.
The FDA has provided a date of April 18, 2025, to review the application for Dupixent to treat patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria, an inflammatory skin disease.
After feedback from the FDA, the companies have voluntarily withdrawn the previous biologics licensing application for datopotamab deruxtecan for patients with advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer.
Aucatzyl is a CAR T-cell therapy that targets CD19 and has been designed to minimize excessive activation of the programmed T cells. The wholesale acquisition cost is $525,000
For the first time, Skyrizi has replaced Humira as AbbVie’s sales driver, largely due to companies encouraging “product hopping” to avoid competition, creating concerns for the sustainability of the burgeoning adalimumab biosimilar market.
Committee members said there was uncertainty around sotagliflozin in patients with kidney disease. The FDA is currently reviewing the oral therapy as an adjunct to insulin to help control glycemic levels in adults with type 1 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The agency’s goal date is Dec. 20, 2024.
ICER has given tabelecleucel a rating of A, indicating the T cell therapy for Epstein-Barr virus related post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease has a high certainty of substantial net health benefit and would be cost-effective if priced between $143,900 and $273,700.
Scemblix (asciminib) is a new first-line option for adults with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (Ph+ CML-CP).