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Four Crucial Questions about the Humira Biosimilar Price War (rerun)

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Since I published the article below in July 2023 , there have been three notable market develpoments: IQVIA has reported that as as of mid-2023, there was almost no adoption of Amgen's Amjevita, the first Humira biosimilar. Boehringer-Ingelheim launched an unbranded, low WAC version of its interchangeable biosimilar.

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Four Crucial Questions about the Humira Biosimilar Price War

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The Humira biosimilar market has arrived! This month, nine biosimilar versions of adalimumab launched in the U.S. Surprisingly, two PBMs—Express Scripts and OptumRx—will each offer at least one low-list-price biosimilar option on their main national formularies.

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The Warped Incentives Behind Amgen’s Humira Biosimilar Pricing–And What We Can Learn from Semglee and Repatha

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As you've surely heard, Amgen has just launched Amjevita, the first non-interchangeable biosimilar of Humira. Its strategy echoes the pricing of the first interchangeable insulin biosimilars— as I predicted in 2021. Unfortunately, we should expect most PBMs and plan sponsors to embrace the high-list/high-rebate version.

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The Warped Incentives Behind Amgen’s Humira Biosimilar Pricing–And What We Can Learn from Semglee and Repatha (rerun)

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So far, it appears that PBMs are neither preferring Amgen's Humira biosimilar nor embracing the low-list/low-rebate version. As you've surely heard, Amgen has just launched Amjevita, the first non-interchangeable biosimilar of Humira. In February, AbbVie stated that U.S.

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The Biosimilar Landscape: An Overview of Regulatory Approvals by the EMA and FDA

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This article was originally published by Ioana Gherghescu and Begoña Delgado-Charro in Pharmaceutics 2021, 13(1) under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Abstract Biosimilar medicines expand the biotherapeutic market and improve….

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Drug Channels News Roundup, October 2021: PBMs’ Oncology Exclusions, Biosimilar Boom, BCBS vs. Hospitals, U.S. vs. the World, and CRISPR Comedy

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It’s the biosimilar boom! Read more » Copyright © 2006-2021 Pembroke Consulting, Inc. So grab your pillow case and stuff it with treats from the great Drug Channels pumpkin patch: Spooky! PBMs are conjuring a terrifying number of formulary exclusions for oncology drugs Eerie! Brrr.did you hear that? Believe it or not, U.S

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Why PBMs and Payers Are Embracing Insulin Biosimilars with Higher Prices—And What That Means for Humira (rerun)

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Click here to see the original post and comments from November 2021. An ironic postcript: Less than two months after my article was published, Cigna CEO David Cordani bragged about the cost savings from "aggressive adoption" of biosimilars. Anyone want to tell him about the Express Scripts formulary for insulin biosimilars?