According to our recent payer coverage analysis for chronic idiopathic constipation treatments, combined with news from key healthcare influencers, market access is shifting in this drug landscape.

To help make sense of this new research, MMIT's team of experts analyzes the data and summarizes the key findings for you. The following are brief highlights. To read the full piece, including payer coverage, drug competition and prescriber trends, click here.

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Two of the country's largest independent infusion services providers recently unveiled that they have entered into a merger agreement. After coming together, BioScrip, Inc. and Option Care Enterprises, Inc. would be the No. 2 home/alternate site infusion provider in the United States, AIS Health reported.

Under the terms of the deal, publicly traded BioScrip would issue new shares to Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., which are the Option Care shareholders, giving them 80% of BioScrip's stock, with current BioScrip shareholders holding the remaining 20%. The new company would be publicly traded.

 

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According to our recent payer coverage analysis for narcolepsy treatments, combined with news from key healthcare influencers, market access is shifting in this drug landscape.

To help make sense of this new research, MMIT's team of experts analyzes the data and summarizes the key findings for you. The following are brief highlights. To read the full piece, including payer coverage, drug competition and prescriber trends, click here.

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According to our recent payer coverage analysis for low testosterone treatments, combined with news from key healthcare influencers, market access is shifting in this drug landscape.

To help make sense of this new research, MMIT's team of experts analyzes the data and summarizes the key findings for you. The following are brief highlights. To read the full piece, including payer coverage, drug competition and prescriber trends, click here.

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The FDA's recent approval of the first medication specifically aimed at treating postpartum depression is drawing a favorable response from clinicians, while payers could face challenges.

PBM executives tell AIS Health that the postpartum depression drug, Zulresso (brexanolone) injection, is likely to be covered under the medical, not the pharmacy, side of the benefit.

 

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California is quietly plowing ahead on plans by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to create a statewide bulk purchasing system for prescription drugs — and to transition pharmacy services for Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, from managed care to fee-for-service (FFS) by January 2021, AIS Health reported.

In the latest development related to the initiatives, Los Angeles County tentatively has agreed "to sit at the same bargaining table" with Newsom’s administration to negotiate prices with drug manufacturers, the Los Angeles Times reported April 17.

 

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According to our recent payer coverage analysis for anemia treatments due to chronic kidney disease, combined with news from key healthcare influencers, market access is shifting in this drug landscape.

To help make sense of this new research, MMIT's team of experts analyzes the data and summarizes the key findings for you. The following are brief highlights. To read the full piece, including payer coverage, drug competition and prescriber trends, click here.

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As insurers and PBMs prepared to submit their comments about a proposed overhaul of the prescription drug rebate system, CMS on April 5 issued a guidance document aimed at mitigating at least some of their concerns, AIS Health reported.

The proposed rule would remove safe-harbor protections under the federal anti-kickback statute for rebates paid by drug manufacturers to PBMs, Part D plans and Medicaid managed care organizations, and it would create a new safe-harbor protection for point-of-sale drug discounts.

 

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According to our recent payer coverage analysis for ophthalmic anti-Inflammatory treatments, combined with news from key healthcare influencers, market access is shifting in this drug landscape.

To help make sense of this new research, MMIT's team of experts analyzes the data and summarizes the key findings for you. The following are brief highlights. To read the full piece, including payer coverage, drug competition and prescriber trends, click here.

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According to our recent payer coverage analysis for juvenile idiopathic arthritis treatments, combined with news from key healthcare influencers, market access is shifting in this drug landscape.

To help make sense of this new research, MMIT's team of experts analyzes the data and summarizes the key findings for you. The following are brief highlights. To read the full piece, including payer coverage, drug competition and prescriber trends, click here.

Topics: Specialty, Market Access, Payer, Branding & Marketing