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Showing posts with label UnitedHealth. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

UnitedHealth Said to Pick Gilead’s Harvoni as Hepatitis C Drug

(Bloomberg) -- UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer by sales, picked Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Harvoni as its preferred hepatitis C treatment, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The decision applies to UnitedHealth’s fully insured commercial customers, as well as to Medicaid and Medicare members. The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based insurer has about 45 million U.S. health-plan customers, though not all follow the company’s drug picks.

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