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The Big Three PBMs’ 2024 Formulary Exclusions: Biosimilar Humira Battles, CVS Health’s Weird Strategy, and the Insulin Shakeup

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For 2024, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and OptumRx (United Health Group)—have again each excluded 600 or more drugs from their standard formularies. This year, Humira and its 13 biosimilars will provide the most intriguing formulary drama. All rights reserved.

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The Big Three PBMs’ 2024 Formulary Exclusions: Biosimilar Humira Battles, CVS Health’s Weird Strategy, and the Insulin Shakeup (rerun)

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The 2024 formularies described below should boost biosimilar adoption. As a new Biosimilar Council report shows , Humira retained 99% of market share in late 2023, despite being more expensive than its biosimilars. Click here to see the original post from January 2024. You can find our updated counting below.

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What’s Behind CVS Health’s Novel Vertical Integration Strategy for Humira Biosimilars (rerun)

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This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s Drug Channels Outlook 2024 live video webinar. CVS Health has finally revealed its strategy for biosimilars of AbbVie’s Humira. Click here to see the original post from September 2023.

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The Biosimilar Boom and the Coming Humira Price War (Video)

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As regular readers know, the biosimilar boom for provider-administered drugs has been accelerating. In many therapeutic areas, biosimilars’ market share is approaching 80%. I also offer some thoughts on 2023 and 2024. will face multiple biosimilar competitors. Prices are dropping while adoption accelerates.

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Drug Channels Outlook 2024 (NEW Live Video Webinar)

Drug Channels

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s new live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2024 This event will be broadcast live on Friday, December 15, 2023 12:00 p.m. Please note that our December 2023 webinar is *not* included with next year’s 2024 Video Webinar Series.)

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Drug Channels News Roundup, June 2024: Cordavis Humira Update, OptumRx’s New Biosim Biz, Generic Drugs' Wild Ride, IRA Predictions, and Dr. G on Med School

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Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. Happy 248th birthday, America! Attendance will be limited, so click here to request an invite for our March 2025 event. All rights reserved. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Drug Channels News Roundup, April 2024: CVS’s Humira Strategy, White Bagging “Savings,” IRA vs. Part D Plans, Walgreens Specialty Update, Pharmacies vs. GoodRx, and Oncology Fun

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April is over, so it's time to hop into this month’s selection of noteworthy news: CVS Health’s formulary boosts a Humira biosimilar An insurer ditches buy-and-bill to save money for plans—but maybe not for patients? Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company.