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Express Scripts Boosts Formulary Exclusions With Focus On Multi-Source Brands

 
• By Cathy Kelly

Pharmacy benefit manager adds 64 drugs to its list of formulary exclusions for 2018, bringing to 159 the number designated as not covered.

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As pharmacy benefit managers face ongoing criticism over their role in rising prescription drug prices, Express Scripts Holding Co. is touting its decisions to increase the number of drugs excluded from its 2018 national preferred formulary to 159 as a cost saving move.

The change will produce $2.5bn in estimated savings for its payer clients, up from $1.8bn in 2017, the PBM estimates.

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