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Op-Ed: Transparency, not secretive PBMs, keep drug prices low
24 Sep 2025 23:23 GMT
… three years. PBMs play doctor, controlling which drugs are covered, while patients … $30. By labeling common drugs like insulin and adalimumab as “specialty,” PBMs … enable a system where the medicine their doctor prescribes is covered at …
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Stable Treatment Persistence in RA After Etanercept Biosimilar Introduction in Australia
23 Sep 2025 17:46 GMT
… study published in Pharmaceutical Medicine assessed whether the … Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in 2017, influenced treatment … treatment effectiveness, as measured by treatment persistence. Clinical trials … bDMARD, most often adalimumab, and about 19% …
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Vunakizumab for Treatment of Acrodermatitis Continua of Hallopeau: A Case Report and Literature Review
23 Sep 2025 08:49 GMT
… -blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 … . Keam SJ. Vunakizumab: first Approval. Drugs. 2024;84(11):1481–1485 … X, Han C, et al. Adalimumab treatment for acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau …
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Specialty Drugs, Chronic Conditions Drive U.S. Employers to Reevaluate Health Plans
23 Sep 2025 03:09 GMT
… costs, especially specialty pharmaceuticals and GLP-1 medications, were cited as high … what is happening with specialty drugs,” Morgan Lee, Ph.D., senior … adoption of biosimilars, particularly Humira (adalimumab), helped reduce cost-per-claim …
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European Medicines Agency Recommends Marketing Authorization of AVT03, Alvotech’s Proposed Biosimilar to Prolia® and Xgeva®
22 Sep 2025 10:15 GMT
… biotech company specializing in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines … men receiving treatment for prostate cancer … biosimilars, to Humira® (adalimumab) and Stelara® (ustekinumab … (Canada), Yangtze River Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd …
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Celltrion’s Autoimmune Disease Treatment Aptozma Receives Product Approval in Japan
22 Sep 2025 07:45 GMT
… (CRS).
According to IQVIA, a pharmaceutical market research firm, the Japanese … the local autoimmune disease treatment and anticancer drug markets. Its flagship product … in biosimilar prescriptions, while Yuflyma (adalimumab) increased its market share by …
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Eye on Pharma: Europe and MENA Region See Expanding Biosimilar Pipelines
25 Sep 2025 11:46 GMT
… the reference product during both treatment and observation periods. Experts … , adalimumab, ustekinumab, and omalizumab biosimilars.
Separately, Celltrion received European Medicines Agency … The randomized, 2-year trial will evaluate efficacy and safety …
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Identification and Validation of Hub Genes in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
24 Sep 2025 16:07 GMT
… inhibitors for the treatment of HS, which included adalimumab, etanercept, and … treatment of HS.
Efalizumab was used in a trial … the drug-gene interaction database for precision medicine and drug discovery … Jun/MMPs. Acta pharmaceutica. 2024;74(3):461– …
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‘New Starts’ on Brand-Name Products? Pull Levers to Maximize Biosimilars, Says Scripius Formulary Manager
22 Sep 2025 00:29 GMT
… take a brand-name drug.
For the proponents of … (adalimumab) and Stelara (ustekinumab) are biologics frequently prescribed as treatments for … that do need those drugs are meeting specific criteria… … “thorough clinical evaluation” of drugs, he said, and both …
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Scripius Favors Adding Two Biosimilars at a Time, Says Formulary Director
22 Sep 2025 00:29 GMT
… still able to get the drug, he said.
Scripius, a PBM … the first biosimilar to Humira (adalimumab) came out, Scripius didn… the switch immediately for its Medicaid population "and realized a …