Vertex Newly Approved Pain Treatment Lands Higher Cost Tier 3 Placement In UnitedHealth's Optum Rx Formularies
Vertex's Journavx, a new non-opioid pain drug, lands Tier 3 on Optum Rx formularies. Vertex reports $2.91 billion Q4 sales.
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Vertex’s new pain drug gets first coverage nod from major insurer
Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager owned by UnitedHealth Group, placed Journavx on some of its commercial formularies in ...
Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors
The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy ...
Vertex Pharma drops as UnitedHealth offers Tier 3 coverage for new pain medicine
Vertex Pharma (VRTX) stock slips as UnitedHealth (UNH) offers its pain drug Journavx Tier 3 coverage, setting a rivalry with ...
Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug gets some UnitedHealth coverage
The Boston-based company's new medication, called Journavx, is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than ...
Vertex non-opioid pain drug picked up by UnitedHealth
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ (VRTX) non-opioid pain drug Journavx was picked up by UnitedHealth’s (UNH) Optum on “Tier 3.” The insurer said, ...
I’m a healthcare CEO who has fought medication middlemen. Then my daughter’s condition made it personal.
My 19-year-old daughter required a treatment prescribed by her doctor. Even with my professional expertise, her doctor and I ...
This Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens, Optum Rx — alleging 22-year-old son died after sudden $500 price spike on asthma meds. Here’s their case and how to deal with ...
His parents have now filed a lawsuit against both the pharmacy benefits-management company and Walgreens, claiming they are responsible for their son's death. The Schmidtknechts' ...
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UnitedHealth includes Vertex’s non-opioid painkiller in coverage, but at a higher cost - Bloomberg
Investing.com -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VRTX ).’s newly approved non-opioid pain medication, Journavx, has been included in UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH ).’s coverage, according to ...
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Walgreens stock rises amid $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners to take the drugstore chain private
It, too, has been deemed a strong asset by investors, but it never captured significant market share against the three largest PBMs: UnitedHealth's Optum RX (UNH), CVS's Caremark, and Cigna's ...