UnitedHealth’s PBM Director Scans The 2009 Pharmaceutical Horizon
Executive Summary
Pharmacy benefit managers face challenges in preparing their health plans for new product launches in 2009, given the increasingly unpredictable competitive environment for pharmaceuticals. A "nervous" FDA, fewer patents expiring for brand name drugs, and high barriers to developing truly better drugs have led to systemic bottlenecks in the availability of new products, and none of these factors are going away anytime soon
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