Rise Of The Biosimilar Formulary: CVS Excludes Lantus, Neupogen For 2017

Zarxio and Basaglar will be the beneficiaries of the cost-cutting move, although how much it will help the follow-on products remains unclear.

CVS Health Corp. is moving to promote the use of biosimilar and follow-on competition to Amgen Inc’s. granulocyte-colony stimulating factor drug Neupogen (filgrastim) and Sanofi’s glargine insulin Lantus by excluding those drugs from coverage in its standard national formulary in 2017.

The standard formula covers approximately 25 million individuals and is among the formulary options CVS offers to its payer clients

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