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Celltrion Secures Deal With PBM Express Scripts For Subcutaneous Infliximab

The Agreement Gives The Drug Access To Nearly 22 Million Patients In The US

 
• By Adam Zamecnik

Celltrion unveils its agreement with the PBM Express Scripts that will place its Zymfentra subcutaneous infliximab on its preferred formulary after alluding to the deal in an earlier notice. 

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Celltrion USA has signed an agreement with the pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts that will place the company’s subcutaneous formulation of infliximab on the Express Scripts National Preferred Formulary. While Express Scripts handles health plans for more than 100 million Americans, the PBM gave the biosimilar Preferred Brand Access that will reach 21.9 million insured customers.

Marketed under the name Zymfentra, the drug is the first US Food and Drug Administration approved subcutaneous formulation of infliximab.

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