Express Scripts Holding Co.'s decision to actively encourage providers to prescribe a compounded alternative to the commercially available product Daraprim marks a new direction in payers' push against rapid price increases for off-patent drugs.
The pharmacy benefit manager announced its decision Dec. 1, saying it has partnered with Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc. to compound a low-cost alternative to Turing Pharmaceuticals AG's Daraprim (pyrimethamine). Imprimis' version will cost only $1 per capsule, compared to a list price of $750 per pill for Daraprim
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