A review of market access for non-small cell lung cancer (ALK+ or ROS1+) treatments shows that under the pharmacy benefit, about 77% of the lives under commercial formularies are covered with utilization management restrictions. Only 2% of the lives under Medicare formularies are not covered for at least one of the drugs.

Forecasting in the pharmaceutical industry is an essential task for companies. While firms have long used Excel-based models to conduct forecasts, those models are outdated and unsuited for the sheer amount of data currently available, maintain industry experts who point out that multiple Web-based options exist. In order to give an accurate picture that’s useful for everyone from executives to sales teams, forecasters should create a model that offers detailed segmentation of the market. Doing this is easier said than done, but strategies exist to help evaluate the different options.