More Pressure On Pradaxa? US Payers May Narrow Coverage Of NOACs
Executive Summary
US payers may increasingly look to leverage the competition among the novel oral anticoagulants by contracting for preferred coverage with two of the leading drugs in the field, rather than all three.
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