Nov 25, 2024 · 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.

Dec 17, 2024 · A new pooled analysis of two Winrevair (sotatercept) trials suggests the first-in-class pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapy works regardless of the patient’s baseline hemodynamic characteristics.. The new analysis, which was published in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, offers a clearer picture of how Winrevair performs across cardiac index …

Oct 16, 2024 · O’Shea said that the drug spend for ATTR-CM is low at this time because of the disease’s rarity. “But given that, even though utilization is going to be low [and] spend is going to be low, when we look at it in the aggregate of the rare disease category, we're seeing big increases,” O’Shea said.

Nov 16, 2024 · The recent round of third-quarter earnings reports by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drugmakers provided a snapshot on how these medicines are performing around the world for the year to date and offered insights into how the companies are looking to expand their offerings to untreated patients next year.

Nov 20, 2024 · 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.

Apr 16, 2024 · Ross Margulies, J.D., M.P.H., a partner at the Foley Hoag law firm, discusses proposals to “delink” what pharmacy benefit managers are paid from the price of drugs.

Oct 17, 2024 · Each year, millions of Americans seek medical care outside the United States. “But there's just not great data on how many patients are receiving procedures during medical tourism, or an easy way to track when there are complications,” Jeremy Gold, M.D., medical officer, Mycotic Diseases Branch, division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental at the …

Dec 20, 2024 · The new, now-defeated bill eliminated the PBM reform measures included in a larger spending bill that the president-elect and Elon Musk torpedoed on Wednesday.

Oct 3, 2024 · Regulatory officials have identified 82 cases worldwide from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System of anaphylaxis associated with the use of Coxapone and the generic Glatopa that have resulted in hospitalization or death.

Jul 1, 2012 · The current compendia landscape, through constantly in flux, impacts everything from payer approval of off-label use to manufacturer patient access initiatives. Drug compendia, defined as summaries of drug information, affects coverage and reimbursement decisions for pharmaceuticals products, and as a result, it's important for pharmaceitucal manufacturers and …