Over the last two years, UnitedHealthcare and Aetna have launched cancer pathway programs with the overall goals of standardizing and improving care and lowering cost. Drug therapy is a key focus.
Current payer experiments with standardized oncology care programs known as cancer pathways aim to develop an information base that would enable better comparisons of chemotherapy drug performance, executives with UnitedHealthCare and Aetna Inc. said during a March 20 webinar sponsored by research and consulting group Value & Innovation.
UnitedHealthcare and Aetna are among the larger payers now involved in sponsoring versions of cancer pathway programs. Over the last...
Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the potential impact of the Most-Favored Nation drug pricing proposal on Europe, the United States, as well as the pharmaceutical industry.
Blenrep, GSK’s multiple myeloma therapy, faced a major setback when it was withdrawn from the market in 2022. The drug has since made a return as a second-line therapy, and is on track to being reimbursed in England.
The suits are an early test of the Arkansas law banning company ownership of PBMs and pharmacies in the state, as other states consider similar legislation.
An unintended consequence of a provision framed as an administrative change in the bill could significantly reduce medication adherence among low-income older adults and increase mortality, a study found.
The Pediatric Advisory Committee will review postmarketing safety for three vaccines and the oncologic drugs panel will consider the return of GSK’s belantamab mafodotin. An FDA notice about a 30 July meeting on Capricor’s deramiocel for Duchenne muscular dystrophy was withdrawn.
Sarepta's rAAVrh74 vector, used in the marketed Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys and across the company's limb girdle muscular dystrophy pipeline, earned a platform designation as the lead LGMD candidate prepares for BLA filing.
Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the potential impact of the Most-Favored Nation drug pricing proposal on Europe, the United States, as well as the pharmaceutical industry.
