Express Scripts won’t cover Eli Lilly’s new generic insulin

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Express Scripts won’t cover Eli Lilly’s new generic insulin https://www.axios.com/express-scripts-wont-cover-eli-lilly-insulin-lispro-37c347da-9383-425c-b3f2-8af755f7a1ae.html Eli Lilly’s new “authorized generic” of its pricey Humalog insulin, called Lispro, is excluded from the 2019 national list of covered drugs from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. The big picture: So much for all the fanfare when Eli Lilly unveiled the insulin last month. […]

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What Is Your State Doing About Pain?

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

What Is Your State Doing About Pain? www.nationalpainreport.com/what-is-your-state-doing-about-pain-8839662.html The Federation of State Medical Boards is meeting in Fort Worth, Texas this weekend—and the “opioid” crisis is on the agenda. “The State Medical Boards must lead the effort on regulation of the opioid crisis. The DEA and other federal agencies must work with the Medical Boards […]

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The DEA “playing games” most likely is NOT OVER

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

FDA issues the rules all other agencies must follow. No agency outranks FDA AMA welcomes CDC’s revised view on opioids guidelines After posting these last night and pulling the title of the posts from the article itself…  I started reviewing the “whole game” that is being played out between the DOJ/DEA, FDA, CDC  and countless […]

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