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爱荷华州关节炎社区庆祝布兰斯塔德州长于2017年5月10日签署众议院第233号文件。
The bill, unanimously passed by both chambers, puts limits on an insurance industry protocol known asstep therapywhich requires patients to try and fail medications identified by the insurance company before agreeing to cover medications prescribed by the treating physician. The bill will increase access to care for arthritis patients by limiting step therapy practices in Iowa.
Continue readingVictory in Iowa! Governor Branstad Signs into Law a Bill to Curb Step Therapy!→
Iowa has recently joined 27 other states that have passedbiosimilarslegislation. On behalf of the 619,000 adults (plus 2,800 children) in Iowa with doctor-diagnosed arthritis, we’d like to thank Governor Branstad for signing House File 305 into law on Friday, March 10, 2017.
The bill allows Iowa pharmacists the ability to dispensesafeand potentiallyless expensivebiologic medications to patients, by substituting an FDA approved interchangeable biosimilar for a prescribed biologic product. The law also requires that the prescriber and patient be notified when there is a substitution.
Continue readingVictory in Iowa: Biosimilar Legislation Signed Into Law!→
