Drug trends
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The 2025 Category Watch report is here
The TELUS Health 2025 Category Watch report examines four drug categories where evolution is...
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Top 5 things to know from our annual Drug Trends Report 2025
From the lasting economic ripple effects of the pandemic, to the impact of new global trade...
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The 2025 Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report is here
The number-one diabetes category shrank in 2024, due mainly to the exodus of Canadians using...
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Canada’s 2025 drug pipeline: What private plans need to know
Alzheimer’s disease does not normally cross paths with private drug plans — that will soon change....
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TELUS Health Annual Conference 2024: Drug trends and healthcare transformations
Diabetes, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and cystic fibrosis are among...
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Get your copy: TELUS Health's 2024 Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report
For 16 years and counting, drugs for diabetes and depression have ranked in the top-five categories...
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What private plans need to know about Canada’s pipeline in 2024
In its 2024 Drug Pipeline report, TELUS Health draws attention to 12 new drugs due to their...
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2023 Category Watch: A closer look at disruption
TELUS Health’s 2023 Category Watch closely examines disruption in the drug categories of diabetes,...
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Your copy awaits: the 2023 Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report
At a high level, growth in spending by private drug plans was moderate for the third consecutive...
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TELUS Health conference 2023: What you need to know about drug data trends
The key drivers of change in spending by private drug plans in 2022 can be boiled down to two...
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Everything that’s happening with biosimilars in Canada
The slow but steady adoption of biosimilars is big news. With provinces increasingly making the...
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How can pharmacogenetics help control employee benefit costs?
Pharmacogenetics (also known as pharmacogenomics) is one of the most exciting frontiers of medical...
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What private plans can expect in 2023 from Canada’s drug pipeline
Developments in the diabetes category—the second largest category by eligible amount in 2022—will...
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Medication adherence: how to help employees stay on track and save your bottom line
How confident are you that your employees are taking the prescribed medications your plan pays for?...
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5 levers to slow the rise of pharmacy benefits costs
It’s no secret that drug costs are on the rise. In 2021, compared to 2020, plans saw a 5.0% rise in...
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What you need to know about drug data trends in 2022
For the second year in a row, the pandemic has resulted in fewer plan members making claims for...
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From adherence to delayed diagnoses, what you need to know about medication use
Would it be better for patients to take more of a medication that may end up costing private drug...
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2022 category watch: Impact of the pandemic
TELUS Health’s 2022 Category Watch examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug utilization...
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What new drugs are poised to have the biggest impact on plan costs?
The TELUS Health 2022 Drug Pipeline report looks at approved and likely soon-to-be-approved...
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The private payer’s perspective: Drug trends
Panel discussion from the 20th Annual Market Access Summit. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to...
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Drug plans decoded: Biosimilars Part 4
Biosimilars in Canada: what plan sponsors can do. For plan sponsors that want to take advantage of...
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Drug plans decoded: Biosimilars Part 3
Public plans drive adoption of biosimilars So far, four provinces in Canada —British Columbia,...
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Drug plans decoded: Biosimilars Part 2
How Canada compares on biosimilars. Canada lags many countries when it comes to the uptake of...
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Drug plans decoded: Biosimilars Part 1
Biosimilars 101: what you need to know. Four provinces so far have implemented or are implementing...
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Canadian drug landscape update: Spring 2021 webinar
With new COVID treatments on the horizon, a growing number of biosimilar options available, and...
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Estimating the financial impact of new medications for private drug plans
TELUS provides guidance on how to make a Budget Impact Analysis more relevant for private payers....
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2021 TELUS Health Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report
While COVID-19 clearly affected claims patterns for private drug plans in 2020, its net impact was,...