Top 5 Biologics Articles of 2024
Check out this list of the top five biologics articles posted on Managed Healthcare Executive this year!
1. 2024 Formulary Moves
The large pharmacy benefit managers have switched up their coverage of biosimilars, especially the biosimilars to Humira (adalimumab).
2. PBMs Start to Embrace Biosimilars
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are slowly coming around and putting biosimilars on their formularies. IQVIA estimates that the dearth of a Humira (adalimumab) biosimilars last year cost patients and employers cumulatively $6 billion.
3. Prolia and Xgeva Biosimilar Companies Are Queuing Up
But Amgen and Sandoz are in a patent fight over the launching of Sandoz's biosimilars to the bone-building drugs.
4. Biologics that Treat Arthritis May Lower Cardiovascular Risk
A recent study has found that biologics may have an effect on arterial wall inflammation and plaque composition, which offsets the influence of joint-derived inflammation in patients with arthritis.
5. New Biosimilars Continue to be Approved But Uptake Varies by Class
A recent IQVIA report found that uptake of biosimilars on the market for at least three years varies from 8% for insulin lispro to 82% for bevacizumab.
Conversations With Perry and Friends: Paul Fronstin, Ph.D.
May 9th 2025Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
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Careful Consideration Needed for Management of Acquired (Autoimmune) Hemophilia
May 22nd 2025Patients diagnosed with acquired (autoimmune) hemophilia, a serious and rare bleeding disorder, have high rates of hospital readmissions because of infections and bleeding, as well as high death rates especially among older patients.
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Conversations With Perry and Friends
April 14th 2025Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.
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Value-Based Care Adoption is Slow Across Global Health Systems
May 20th 2025Value-based healthcare programs are mostly used in rich countries and usually only in small parts of health systems. According to a study published in JAMA Health Forum, these tools can be harder to implement because of system problems, not enough long-term information and lack of research in low-income countries.
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