Costs Increase for Multiple Sclerosis Therapies; Tiering, Usage Expected to Rise, Specialty Pharmacy News Reports

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2007 — According to the June issue of Specialty Pharmacy News, published by Atlantic Information Services (AIS), a pair of recent drug reports shows that while the usage of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) treatments seems fairly even from 2005 to 2006, the costs of those therapies are rising strongly. With this in mind, more payers are continuing to designate preferred therapies among the four self-injected drugs on the market. But industry experts anticipate MS treatment usage increasing further, which could push already-high costs even higher....

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