Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

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Still Tier 3 at Anthem.

I have Anthem for insurance with my Tier 2 cost $35 and Tier 3 is a 30% coinsurance

Vascepa is 57.83 per month and Lovaza is $35.00
Vascepa is 150.97 for 90 day mail order and Lovaza is $70 for 90 day mail order so its more than double for a year of Vascepa at Anthem.

When you plug in Vascepa in the website it automatically comes up with:
Other Drugs that May Cost Less and then lists Lovaza

I'm curious once Anchor approval if they will modify that page, though I guess at that point Lovaza will not be cheaper(until 2015 generic) so it won;t give you that alternative listed anyways.

Does not mention any rebates or coupons on the Anthem site when searching for drug cost so still some work to do, as expected, but Tier 2 in marine will make a huge difference in switching people from Lovaza and with the right approach they should make insurance companies well aware of off label use that Anchor switching should be near 100% with the right sales force once Anchor is approved.

So good progress, Anthem's last PDF drug list update seems to be 04/13 so not sure if they update quarterly or what on drug tiers or if online is updated daily and then they put out a new PDF list quarterly. If and when I see a July update will recheck.