This statistic shows the growth rate of the total number of unique prescription medicines excluded from one or more formularies by the leading three U.S. pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from 2015 to 2022. In 2022, the number of such exclusions increased by 29 percent compared to the preceding year. The leading three PBMs — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx — handle around 80 percent of all prescriptions in the United States.
Growth rate of prescription medicines excluded from one or more pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) formulary from 2015 to 2022
This statistic includes the leading three PBMs: CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optum Rx. In 2014, medicines were either excluded from CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, or both. OptumRx did not begin excluding medicines from its formulary until 2016.
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AmerisourceBergen. (May 31, 2022). Growth rate of prescription medicines excluded from one or more pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) formulary from 2015 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386461/pbm-formulary-exclusion-growth-rate/
AmerisourceBergen. "Growth rate of prescription medicines excluded from one or more pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) formulary from 2015 to 2022." Chart. May 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386461/pbm-formulary-exclusion-growth-rate/
AmerisourceBergen. (2022). Growth rate of prescription medicines excluded from one or more pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) formulary from 2015 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386461/pbm-formulary-exclusion-growth-rate/
AmerisourceBergen. "Growth Rate of Prescription Medicines Excluded from One or More Pharmacy Benefit Manager (Pbm) Formulary from 2015 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386461/pbm-formulary-exclusion-growth-rate/
AmerisourceBergen, Growth rate of prescription medicines excluded from one or more pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) formulary from 2015 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386461/pbm-formulary-exclusion-growth-rate/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
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