Impact of Accelerated Approval: Focus on Medications for Rare Diseases, Oncology, and Alzheimer's Disease

Pricing: Free for Members and $30 for Non-Members

Course Description

In 1992, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the Accelerated Approval Program to provide early access to medications for patients with serious and life-threatening conditions that fill an unmet need. The drug approval process for accelerated approval uses surrogate endpoints or intermediate clinical endpoints for approval that may reasonably predict the clinical benefit of the drug. The risk of using surrogate endpoints is that they may not represent a clinically meaningful outcome. This presents a challenge to payers who are managing very high-cost therapies with uncertain clinical effectiveness, especially when looking at medications used to treat rare diseases, cancer, and Alzheimer's Disease.

This session will discuss the accelerated approval process and how the therapeutic agents approved by this pathway may be managed. The session will also focus on three therapeutic areas that are impacted by the accelerated approval pathway – rare diseases, cancer, and Alzheimer's Disease.

Target Audience

Pharmacists who practice in managed care settings.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe the accelerated approval pathway and how it differs from a traditional drug approval pathway.
  2. Summarize the impact of drugs approved through the accelerated approval pathway on formulary management.
  3. Explain how the accelerated approval pathway impacts medications used for rare diseases, cancer, and Alzheimer’s Disease from a managed care perspective.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 ACPE
    ACPE The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.25 Certificate of Completion
Course opens: 
05/17/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Cost:
$30.00

Faculty

Yuqian Liu, PharmD
Sr. Director, Specialty Clinical Solutions
Magellan Rx Management
Richmond, TX

Simone Ndujiuba, PharmD, BCOP
Director, Clinical Strategy and Innovation, Oncology
Magellan Rx Management
Phoenix, AZ

 

Moderator

Craig Kessler
Sales Director
PerformRx
Austin, TX

Financial Relationship Disclosures

Faculty/Reviewer/PlannerReported Relevant Financial Relationships
Yuqian Liu
Faculty		Employee: Magellan Rx Management
Simone Ndujiuba
Faculty

Employee: Magellan Rx Management

Speaker: Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Steven Kheloussi
Reviewer

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Jennifer Evans
Planner		Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
  • AMCP Staff have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
  • If applicable, relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and documented.
  • Content has undergone a peer review to ensure content validity.

Accreditation:

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

ACPE UAN:0233-0000-23-001-H99-P • Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
Contact Hours: 1.25
Release Date: March 22, 2023 •  Expiration Date: December 31, 2024
Activity Fee: Free for Members and $30 for Non-Members

Participants should claim continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit for this home study activity only if they have not claimed credit for the live activity presented at AMCP 2023. CPE credit will be processed through the AMCP Learn portal and reported directly to CPE Monitor. Please allow 72 hours for processing and posting in your NABP account.

To receive credit for an online activity you must:

  • Review the full content of the activity.
  • Successfully complete the post-test (required to pass with a score of 70% or higher, it may be taken a maximum of three times).
  • Complete a specific activity evaluation.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 ACPE
    ACPE The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.25 Certificate of Completion

Price

Cost:
$30.00
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