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California’s low-cost insulin plans receive $100m manufacturing boost

Pharmaceutical Technology

Insulin prices made the headlines again as California governor Gavin Newsom announced plans on 7 July for the state to manufacture low-cost insulin. The state plans to work directly with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) to manufacture low-cost insulin. In-house manufacturing the norm.

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Droplet Micron Insulin Needle Offers Innovation in Crowded Diabetes Supply Market

XTalks

Being hailed as the world’s shortest and thinnest needle for insulin injection, Droplet Micron has recently been introduced into the pen needle market by HTL (High Tech Lab)-STREFA, Inc. These are important feature innovations for those that depend on insulin injections. Droplet Micron is now available at local pharmacies.

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The Big Three PBMs’ 2024 Formulary Exclusions: Biosimilar Humira Battles, CVS Health’s Weird Strategy, and the Insulin Shakeup

Drug Channels

For 2024, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and OptumRx (United Health Group)—have again each excluded 600 or more drugs from their standard formularies. You can find our updated counting below. Read on for my deep dive into these two therapeutic categories.

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New medications for PCOS slowly edge toward development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Scientific research and a better understanding of the condition is driving new developments in medications. The condition’s symptoms are not homogeneous, and that makes drug development complicated,” Javier Szwarcberg, CEO of Spruce Biosciences, a rare disease company researching endocrine disorders, says.

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The US biosimilar market: Predictions for 2021

pharmaphorum

This is significant because it opens several therapeutic areas for biosimilar development and, ultimately, increased competition. One of these markets is the insulin market. Up until now, the insulin market has experienced little competition and, as a result, prices have soared over the years.

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Roche Invests $5.3B in Zealand’s Petrelintide, an Obesity Drug Candidate

XTalks

Roche, a global leader in biotechnology and diagnostics, has entered into an exclusive collaboration and licensing agreement with Zealand Pharma, a specialist in innovative therapeutics, to co-develop and co-commercialize petrelintide as a potential foundational therapy for people with overweight and obesity. billion $1.4

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The Big Three PBMs’ 2024 Formulary Exclusions: Biosimilar Humira Battles, CVS Health’s Weird Strategy, and the Insulin Shakeup (rerun)

Drug Channels

For 2024, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and OptumRx (United Health Group)—have again each excluded 600 or more drugs from their standard formularies. Click here to see the original post from January 2024. Read on for my deep dive into these two therapeutic categories.

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