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CVS drops Pfizer's Viagra from US drug insurance benefits list

Published Wed, Aug 5, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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CVS Health Corp dropped Pfizer Inc's erectile dysfunction medication Viagra from its list of coverage for drug insurance benefits, two years before the treatment is expected to face generic competition.

Patients can get coverage for Eli Lilly & Co's Cialis instead, CVS said in a document detailing the drugs it's removing from the list, called a formulary, starting on Jan 1.

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