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Specialty Pharmacy News Roundup: January 2024

The following company announcements are just a few of the specialty pharmacy company activities from this month. Subscribe to AMI’s Specialty Pharmacy Database to stay up to date on company and industry trends.

Specialty Pharmacy Accelerator Clearway Health Implements New Gene Therapy Model

Specialty Pharmacy Accelerator Clearway Health Implementing New Gene Therapy Model at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC

Independence Blue Cross and Sun Life Collaborate on Stop Loss Insurance

Independence Blue Cross and Sun Life U.S. collaborate to provide Stop Loss insurance for Independence’s self-funded group customers

Independence Blue Cross Launches Gene Therapeutics Network

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Independence Blue Cross (Independence) recently announced the launch of its Advanced Network for Gene-Based Therapeutics, which will be effective March 1, 2023

Aetna Launches New Network to Cover New Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases

Aetna recently announced an initiative to launch a designated network to cover new gene therapies for rare diseases. This follows an initiative by CVS Health in 2019 to provide self-insured employers with a stop-loss program with Aetna health plans and cover gene therapies

Ashfield Launches EmerGENE to Support Biotechs’ Commercialization Activities

Ashfield, part of UDG Healthcare plc, has announced the launch of EmerGENE, a global end-to-end cell and gene therapy network approach which promises to support small and midsize biotechs with the commercialization of their discoveries

Optum Frontier Therapies Launched to Focus on Cell and Gene Therapy

Optum Frontier Therapies Centers of Excellence (COEs) consist of dedicated teams focused on cell and gene therapy, rare disease drugs and digital therapeutics

PantherRx Rare and Orsini Specialty Pharmacy Chosen as Partners for OXLUMO

Alnylam® Pharmaceuticals selected PantherRx Rare and Orsini Specialty Pharmacy as limited distribution partners for OXLUMO™ (lumasiran). OXLUMO is the first and only treatment approved for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) to lower urinary oxalate levels in pediatric and adult patients. PH1 is an ultra-rare genetic disease characterized by the overproduction of oxalate, a waste product that […]