Formulary Watch: Drug Shortages, July 25, 2021

Imuldose will be marketed in the United States by Accord BioPharma and is expected to launch in the first half of 2025.

In this episode of the "Meet the Board" podcast series, Briana Contreras, Managed Healthcare Executive editor, speaks with Ateev Mehrotra, a member of the MHE editorial advisory board and a professor of healthcare policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School. Mehtrotra is also a hospitalist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. In the discussion, Contreras gets to know Mehrotra more on a personal level and picks his brain on some of his research interests including telehealth, alternative payment models and price transparency.

Itovebi is approved to treat patients with PIK3CA-mutated HR-positive, HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer in combination with Ibrance and fulvestrant. It will have a cost of $22,867 for a 28-day cycle.

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.

The IQVIA analysis finds that the impact of drug price negotiation on patients’ out-of-pocket spending could also be smaller than expected.

If approved, elinzanetant would be another non-hormonal option for menopausal women seeking hot flash relief.