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Sanofi/Regeneron Extend a Hand on Praluent, Express Scripts Takes It 4 May 2018 No. 3903 Scripscrip.pharmaintelligence.informa.com Pharma intelligence | informa VP and Global Head of CV Franchise Shel- don Koenig said in an interview, repeating a complaint the manufacturers have raised since the launch of the injectable high- cholesterol therapies. “This really simplifies the documentation necessary.” Express Scripts Chief Medical Officer Steve Miller said the negotiated price would be at the low end of the range rec- ommended by the third-party Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) as being cost-effective. After reviewing positive outcomes data on Praluent ear- lier this year, ICER concluded the net price for Praluent for high-risk patients with cholesterol of at least 100 mg/dL despite intensive statin therapy should be $4,500 to $8,000 per year, depending on the risk Shutterstock: LittlePerfectStock Shutterstock: to the patient. “We are really excited because it puts this drug now within the affordable range of Sanofi/Regeneron Extend A Hand more patients,” Miller said. The WAC of Pralulent is $14,600 a year, though the companies have been offer- On Praluent, Express Scripts Takes It ing rebates that some analysts estimate JESSICA MERRILL [email protected] have reduced the costs to about $8,000 per year. After releasing the FOURIER car- anofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuti- Scripts’ national formulary only through a diovascular outcomes trial for Repatha in cals Inc. said in March they were will- medical exception pathway. 2017, Amgen concluded the benefit sup- Sing to make a deal on the cost of the Reducing the access restrictions for ported a net price in the range of $7,700 PCSK9 inhibitor Praluent (alirocumab) in ex- Praluent is an important win for Sanofi/ to $11,200 per year. (Also see “Amgen Says change for improved access. Now, Express Regeneron. Prescription rejection rates Repatha Outcomes Trial Backs Up Its Pricing Scripts Holding Co. has taken them up on have been as high as 75% for PCSK9 Math” - Pink Sheet, 19 Mar, 2017.) the offer. drugs, according to Sanofi. Amgen has Sanofi/Regeneron announced they The companies announced on May 1 presented data showing as many as 80% were willing to lower the price of Praluent that Express Scripts will grant Praluent pre- of PSCK9 prescriptions initially are reject- in line with ICER’s recommendations for ferred access on its national formulary over ed. (Also see “Will Physician Demand For Re- insurers that removed access restrictions Amgen Inc.’s Repatha (evolocumab) and patha Put Pressure On Payer Restrictions?” - in March, at the same time the partners remove some of the burdensome access Pink Sheet, 19 Mar, 2017.) released positive outcomes data from the restrictions in exchange for a higher rebate “It takes [physicians] days and some- long-term ODYSSEY trial, showing a sig- on the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) of times weeks to get approvals, and there- nificant reduction in cardiac events and a benefit on mortality for patients taking Praluent. Express Scripts national formulary fore, in the end, it is the patient that re- Praluent. Sanofi/Regeneron’s decision to includes 20 million individuals. Repatha will ally suffers, waiting a month, or sometimes now be available to patients on Express more, to get a prescription,” Sanofi Senior CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE EDITORS OF PHARMASIA NEWS, START-UP AND SCRIP INTELLIGENCE Chinese Biogenerics Return Of The Mega-Merger? Q1 Results Limited uptake perplexes (p16) One big deal could do it, Sanofi, Roche, Amgen, Shire, says PwC (p18) Boehringer and Sun report (p4-6, 8-11) IN THIS ISSUE from the editor [email protected] Many of our readers will be aware of the annual Scrip don Hilton on Park Lane, Mayfair, on November 28. Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in Check out those entry criteria and good luck with your the pharmaceutical, biotech and allied industries. It’s submissions. 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