Sandoz, Boehringer’s Interchangeable US Humira Biosimilars Land Preferred Status

PBM Optum Rx To Offer Spaces, Having Given One To First Mover Amgen

As the clock ticks on the second wave of biosimilar Humira launches in the US, Sandoz and Boehringer Ingelheim have scooped much-coveted preferred listings on the commercial formulary of a major PBM for their biosimilars, following Amgen’s placement earlier this year.

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Having indicated that it would include up to three Humira (adalimumab) biosimilars on its US commercial formulary as a preferred brand in 2023, UnitedHealth Group’s in-house pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx is to reserve a space at parity to Humira for Boehringer Ingelheim’s Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm) 50mg/ml, the first and only interchangeable biosimilar to Humira.

Meanwhile, it will also offer a space at parity to Humira for Sandoz’s Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz) version, which the US...

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