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AUGUST 28, 2019

CVS Health Focuses on 'Hyperinflation' in Drug Cost Containment Effort

By Gina Shaw
CVS Health removed five drugs from its formulary in April 2019 and replaced them with lower-cost alternatives, part of a “hyperinflation” cost containment strategy that focuses on excluding drugs that see high price inflation or have dramatically higher prices compared with clinically equivalent alternatives.