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Sandoz, Boehringer’s Interchangeable US Humira Biosimilars Land Preferred Status

PBM Optum Rx To Offer Spaces, Having Given One To First Mover Amgen

 
• By Dean Rudge

As the clock ticks on the second wave of biosimilar Humira launches in the US, Sandoz and Boehringer Ingelheim have scooped much-coveted preferred listings on the commercial formulary of a major PBM for their biosimilars, following Amgen’s placement earlier this year.

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Having indicated that it would include up to three Humira (adalimumab) biosimilars on its US commercial formulary as a preferred brand in 2023, UnitedHealth Group’s in-house pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx is to reserve a space at parity to Humira for Boehringer Ingelheim’s Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm) 50mg/ml, the first and only interchangeable biosimilar to Humira.

Meanwhile, it will also offer a space at parity to Humira for Sandoz’s Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz) version, which the US Food and Drug Administration in March approved as citrate-free, high-concentration 100mg/ml formulation

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