Cigna to end OxyContin painkiller coverage, signs contract for alternative - STLtoday.com

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Cigna to end OxyContin painkiller coverage, signs contract for alternative STLtoday.com Amid a growing U.S. opioid addiction, health insurer Cigna Corp. will stop covering OxyContin, the opioid painkiller sold by Purdue Pharma LP, as of Jan. 1 and will instead cover an equivalent with a formulation less vulnerable to abuse, the company ... In effort to reduce opioid crisis, Cigna drops Oxycontin from 2018 coverageWSAW Collegium Pharmaceutical: Insurer Cigna starts coverage of its pain drugTimes of India all 6 news articles »

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