The PHAR researchers presented three posters at the 18th Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) in New Orleans, LA. A summary and link to each poster can be found below:
- A Markov cohort model assessed the clinical and economic trade-offs of two products (EVG/cobi/FTC/TDF and EFV/FTC/TDF) in first-line antiretroviral therapy in US adults and found that EVG/cobi/FTC/TDF was not cost effective in the base case compared with EFV/FTC/TDF for first-line HIV treatment. The poster can be viewed here.
- A comparison of healthcare costs and utilization between epilepsy patients treated with Long-Acting and Short-Acting antiepileptic drug (AED) monotherapy found that LA AED users incur a lower economic burden than SA AED. The poster can be viewed here.
- An evaluation of commercially-insured patients with Cushing’s disease, a rare disorder resulting from excessive exposure to glucocorticoids, found a substantial economic burden in these patients with up to $35,000 incurred annually in overall healthcare costs, of which $31,995 are for medical costs. The poster can be viewed here.