Experts say this means drugmakers need to find new ways to communicate the value of their products.
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The drugmaker said it has been forced to provide higher rebates to PBMs and insurers for certain drugs.
A study published in Health Affairs detailed an outcomes-based pilot developed by the drugmaker and Priority Health, a Michigan-based health insurer.
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Spending for inflammatory drugs like AbbVie’s Humira and Amgen’s Enbrel rose, while hepatitis C drugs showed decline.
The idea is that each gets some of what it needs. Payers gain some control over cost, and pharma may get to stay on formulary.
One pharmacy director would like to see a lot more comparative data about new therapies.
But have pharma and payers learned enough from earlier pilots to make modern risk-sharing deals work?
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