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STAT+: How digital therapeutics companies are improvising when insurance coverage isn’t guaranteed

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Pear received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its app treating substance use disorders and insomnia but insurers mostly refused to cover the novel treatments. For years, the playbook for many companies that wanted to market digital therapeutics was stupid simple: Sell it like a prescription drug.

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STAT+: Obesity drug Wegovy gets FDA approval to add cardiovascular benefits on its label

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regulators approved a label expansion for Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy to tout its benefits for the heart, a move that could boost demand and insurance coverage for the already highly popular treatment.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly’s Zepbound for sleep apnea, the FDA budget, and more

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Getting approval for indications other than weight loss would help Lilly in its attempts to expand insurance coverage.  Obesity is a major risk factor of OSA, which is estimated to affect approximately 39 million U.S. adults, though many cases are undiagnosed, according to the National Council on Aging.

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How much is Rexulti without insurance?

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Without insurance coverage, Rexulti’s average price is around $1,926 for a 30-day supply. In August 2022, the FDA approved a generic version of brexpiprazole for schizophrenia as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for treating MDD. How much does Rexulti cost without insurance? What is the generic for Rexulti?

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FDA approves nasal spray to treat migraine

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Other FDA-approved nasal sprays may have more side effects. Pricing, and subsequent information about insurance coverage, will be available at launch. The post FDA approves nasal spray to treat migraine appeared first on The Checkup. When will Zavzpret be available? In the U.S. In the U.S.

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4D Molecular’s Fabry gene therapy program on FDA clinical hold

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4D Molecular Therapeutics (4DMT), the California-based biotechnology company focused on developing gene therapies for rare and large market diseases, has had the FDA place a clinical hold onto its Fabry disease (FD) gene therapy program (4D-310).

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FDA approves first drug to prevent Type 1 diabetes

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first drug to delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes. Tzield received priority review from the FDA, a status given to drugs with the potential for “significant improvement” in the treatment, diagnosis, or prevention of a serious condition. 17, the U.S.

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