{"id":390690,"date":"2018-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/report\/acrecg0027-2018-biopharma-opioid-addiction-access-and-reimbursement-us-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T23:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:38:18","slug":"acrecg0027-2018-biopharma-opioid-addiction-access-and-reimbursement-us-2018","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/report\/acrecg0027-2018-biopharma-opioid-addiction-access-and-reimbursement-us-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Opioid Addiction | Access and Reimbursement | US | 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opioid addiction market is dominated by opioid receptor agonist therapies for the maintenance treatment of opioid addiction, most notably generic methadone and Indivior\u2019s Suboxone Film. The opioid addiction market is set to shift as Suboxone Film succumbs to generic competition while two new buprenorphine depot formulations, Indivior\u2019s Sublocade and Braeburn\/Camurus\u2019 CAM-2038, are expected to launch.\u00a0 In this content,\u00a0DRG\u00a0assesses how U.S. physicians and payers will react to expanding generics and premium-priced depot therapies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QuestionsAnswered<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the current reimbursement landscape of key branded and generic opioid addiction therapies? What are the reasons that some branded agents (e.g., Indivior\u2019s Suboxone Film) have preferred status over other brands (e.g., BioDelivery Sciences\u2019 Bunavail)? Which cost-control measures are commonly employed by payers? What impact does pharmacoeconomic analysis have on the formulary decisions of opioid addiction therapies?<\/li>\n<li>Which market access factors are most influential in a physician\u2019s choice of opioid addiction treatment? How restrictive are cost-control measures when prescribing opioid addiction therapies? How will the launch of generic versions of Suboxone Film impact prescribing of buprenorphine\/naloxone sublingual film?<\/li>\n<li>What measures, if any, have payers taken to improve patient access to opioid addiction therapies? Do payers anticipate coverage changes to opioid addiction therapies in the next year?<\/li>\n<li>What access and reimbursement challenges will emerging buprenorphine depot therapies face? What cost-containment measures are payers likely to apply to Indivior\u2019s Sublocade and Braeburn\/Camurus\u2019 CAM-2038?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Product Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Access &#038; Reimbursement provides in-depth insight regarding the impact of payer policy on physician prescribing behavior so you can build your market access strategy and optimize your brand positioning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Markets covered:<\/strong> United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Primary research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survey of 102 psychiatrists in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Survey of 34 U.S. managed care organizations (MCO) pharmacy and medical directors (PDs\/MDs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key companies: <\/strong> Alkermes,\u00a0BioDelivery Sciences International, Braeburn\u00a0Pharmaceuticals, Camurus, Indivior, Mallinckrodt, and Orexo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key drugs:<\/strong>Sublocade, CAM-2038, Suboxone Film, Zubsolv, Bunavail, Probuphine, Vivitrol, Subutex, and Methadose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reimbursement and contracting.<\/li>\n<li>Access and prescribing.<\/li>\n<li>Special topics.<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities and challenges for emerging therapies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-390690","report","type-report","status-publish","hentry","report-gateway-biopharma","biopharma-geography-us","biopharma-date-920"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report\/390690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/report"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report\/390690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576737,"href":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report\/390690\/revisions\/576737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/life-sciences-healthcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}