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Buprenorphine now replaces methadone as the most common medicine for opioid dependence’: 10-year trends in opioid agonist treatment medicines in Australia

National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre Blog

In Australia, both methadone and buprenorphine have been subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) for the treatment of opioid dependence (termed ‘opioid agonist treatment’ or OAT) for several decades. In September 2019, a new formulation of long-acting injectable buprenorphine became available on the PBS.

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PBMs and Drug Spending in 2019: CVS Health and Express Scripts Outperform Prime Therapeutics (rerun)

Drug Channels

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I work on the forthcoming 2020-21 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. For 2019, we again aim our magnifying glass at the annual trend reports from the largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs): CVS Health, Express Scripts, and Prime Therapeutics.

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Drug Channels News Roundup, July 2020: Diabetes Costs, Regeneron’s Copay Support, MA Rethinks Coupons, My Favorite Chart Updated, and ABC’s Steve Collis

Drug Channels

My recent tweets have highlighted: VC’s pharmacy love, physicians’ biosimilar concerns, drug trend in workers’ comp, copay accumulator news, the outlook for insurance costs, remdesivir pricing, Philly pharmacies, how paid parking boosts telemedicine, and more.

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Manitoba Judge’s Opinion Reveals Different Side of the CanadaDrugs Case

Policy Prescription

It’s important because this case was wrongly used as a pretext to oppose safe personal drug importation and international online pharmacies, which help Americans afford prescription drugs. The Winnipeg Free Press has an excellent story on that. Kris Thorkelson never pled guilty to selling counterfeit drugs. supply chain.

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NEW STORAGE OPTION FOR PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINE, EASING DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE OF DOSES ACROSS EUROPEAN UNION

The Pharma Data

(NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved storage of COMIRNATY® at -25°C to -15°C for a total of two weeks based on data showing the stability at these temperatures in standard pharmaceutical freezers.

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RECOVERY Trial Data Monitoring Committee Recommends Continuing Evaluation of REGN-COV2 in All Hospitalized Patients

The Pharma Data

Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020. A more complete description of these and other material risks can be found in Regeneron’s filings with the U.S.

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REGN-COV2 Independent Data Monitoring Committee Recommends Holding Enrollment in Hospitalized Patients with High Oxygen Requirements and Continuing Enrollment in Patients with Low or No Oxygen Requirements

The Pharma Data

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020. SOURCE Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. , View original content: [link]. Source link.