From Drug Benefit News - According to predictions made by several PBMs and pharmacy benefit consultants in DBN’s last Outlook poll, 2011 was slated to be the year of the narrow network (DBN 1/7/11, p. 1). From incentive-driven networks to limited pharmacy panels, plan sponsors were supposedly chomping at the bit to achieve savings through these restrictive network designs. Read more
From Specialty Pharmacy News - Multiple sources tell SPN that the release of biosimilars guidance is imminent, but as of SPN’s Jan. 3 deadline, the expected guidance had not yet been issued. The FDA, though, last month released proposed recommendations for a biosimilars user fee program that echoed those under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). Gillian Woollett, Ph.D., vice president at Avalere Health LLC, says the FDA “has promised to soon publish three draft… Read more
From Specialty Pharmacy News - Although specialty drugs expected to hit the U.S. market in 2012 may not be as hotly anticipated as some that were approved in 2011, the pipeline continues to be robust, with conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and cancer among those expected to see new entrants. Read more
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