AMCP: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy

Data from a Cencora study showed some misalignment in payer coverage of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) biosimilars, highlighting that while filgrastim biosimilars are often favored over the originator, reference pegfilgrastim still dominates over its biosimilars.

In an interview with Adam Colborn, JD, director of government relations for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy focuses on biosimilar interchangeability and approaches to encourage wider adoption in dispensing these medications.

Two posters from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) annual meeting explore how an interchangeable insulin glargine biosimilar plays into Medicaid budgets and the top factors driving access to biosimilars.

Chelsee Jensen, PharmD, BCPS, senior pharmacy specialist and pharmaceutical formulary manager at Mayo Clinic, reacts to the biggest FDA approvals of 2023 and how she sees the adalimumab, natalizumab, and tocilizumab spaces playing out.

Prerakkumar Parikh, PharmD, director of specialty clinical solutions at Magellan Rx Management, reacts to recent FDA approvals for the first natalizumab and tocilizumab biosimilars.

Eric Tichy, PharmD, MBA, vice chair of pharmacy formulary at the Mayo Clinic Health System, discusses the importance of state legislation to boost biosimilar access and uptake.

Posters from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)’s annual meeting highlighted the clinical similarity of a trastuzumab biosimilar compared with its reference product and real-world longitudinal application of infliximab biosimilars.

Jeffrey Casberg, vice president of pharmacy at IPD Analytics, weighs in on the factors he thinks will most affect market share among adalimumab biosimilars when they enter the US market in 2023.

During a session at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy annual meeting, Yuqian Liu, PharmD, of Magellan Rx Management, highlighted strategies to encourage biosimilar utilization in the oncology space and the cost savings as a result.

Jeffrey Casberg, vice president of pharmacy at IPD Analytics, previews his sessions about the new and emerging pharmaceutical products coming down the pipeline at the upcoming Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) annual meeting.

The second interchangeable biosimilar approval, estimates of biosimilar savings, and competition for ranibizumab biosimilars characterized the month's developments.

Payers have moved from toe-in-the-water biosimilar policies to aggressive management, contributing to much more robust savings in recent years, according to Leslie Fish, RPh, PharmD, vice president of pharmacy at IPD Analytics.

Two AmerisourceBergen/Xcenda policy experts discuss the coming wave of pharmacy benefit biosimilars, formulary decisions, pricing transparency, and the Biden Administration’s push for lower-cost biologics.

Patients with and without experience with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)–blocker biologics have incomplete knowledge of biosimilars for these agents, according to findings presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2021 Nexus meeting.

Pharmacists need to brush up on their knowledge of the interchangeable biosimilar designation, investigators said in a survey presentation at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2021 meeting.

In this interview with The Center for Biosimilars®, Amgen biosimilars expert Jen Norton discusses regulatory and policy incentives, interchangeable biosimilars, and market share gains.

Investigators tapped health system data to conduct an observational, real-world comparison of bevacizumab (Mvasi) vs the reference product (Avastin).

Weaker persistency and strong adherence were observed among patients taking biosimilar forms of epoetin alfa and infliximab, among others.

Rebecca Borgert, PharmD, BCOP, and Jim Rebello, PharmD, from Magellan Rx Management talk about how market trends, payer formulary decisions, and international successes are shaping today's biosimilars industry.

Study authors measured savings, conversions to biosimilars, and payer policies for 3 originator brands

New York Medicaid achieved 78% to 94% biosimilar utilization for 4 originator brands during a focused effort in 2019.