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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Generic availability more important than patent expiration

In yesterday’s pipeline update, Chris Peterson, PharmD, a director in the Emerging Therapeutics department at Express Scripts, reviewed the trend in FDA approvals and noted several of the key therapeutic areas with recent generics. Read more

Payers include biomarker testing in coverage decisions

Launched in December 2012, the NCCN Biomarkers Compendium contains information designed to support decision-making around the use of biomarker, or molecular, testing in patients with cancer. It was the headliner for a presentation by five oncology experts in Session 310. Read more

High-risk opioid users spend 3 times more

Consumers who are at high risk for opioid abuse had significantly higher total medical costs ($19,513 vs $5,493) than those who were not at high risk, according to a study by Prime Therapeutics.
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