PHP95 Payer Perspectives on Evidence for Formulary Decision Making in the United States

The role that payers play in the pharmaceutical market has been increasing in prominence. Much research has focused on public payers and how drug reimbursement policies change in response to data from drug effectiveness studies. However, the commercial payer perspective has not been well researched. This study seeks to describe how U.S. commercial payers use different types of comparative evidence to make reimbursement and formulary placement...