RE: US pharmacy approval to prescribe accrufer14 Oct 2021 19:04
Does this mean pharmacy can prescribe and Insurance co’s can pay ? If so that could be the game changer there for US.
https://www.premera.com/medicalpolicies/5.01.605.pdf#page11
Accrufer® (ferric maltol)
Medical Necessity
Accrufer® (ferric maltol) may be considered medically necessary for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adults when the patient has:
• Inflammatory bowel disease
OR
• Non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease AND
• Tried and failed or had intolerance to both oral iron and IV
iron
AND
• Patient is 18 years of age or older
Note: Examples of oral iron include ferrous fumarate, ferrous gluconate and ferrous sulfate. Examples of IV iron include ferric carboxymaltose (Injectafer®), ferric pyrophosphate citrate (Triferic®), ferumoxytol (Feraheme®), iron dextran (INFeD®), iron sucrose (Venofer®), sodium ferric gluconate complex (Ferrlecit®).