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Effective Dec. 1, 2025, BCBSND will be updating the preferred products within the following medical drug policies. The updated policies can be found at http://www.gatewaypa/medicalpolicy/52 on Dec. 1, 2025. Members with existing approvals for non-preferred products will be allowed to remain on the non-preferred product until their approval has expired. If a member would like to switch to a preferred product prior to the end of their approval expiration date, please contact the Medical Pharmacy Solutions Team at Prime Therapeutics at 800- 424-1708.
Infliximab | |
Preferred Agents | Non-Preferred Agents |
Avsola (infliximab-axxq) - Q5121 Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb) - Q5103 | Infliximab - J1745 Remicade (infliximab) - J1745 Renflexis (infliximab-abda) - Q5104 |
Rituximab | |
Preferred Agents* | Non-Preferred Agent* |
Riabni (rituximab-arrx) – Q5123 Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr) – Q5119 Truxima (rituximab-abbs) – Q5115 | Rituxan (rituximab) – J9312 |
*Not applicable for metastatic cancer indications | |
Beovu and Susvimo | ||
Preferred Agent | Non-Preferred Agents – Step 1 | |
A bevacizumab product | Ahzantive (aflibercept-mrbb) – Q5150 **Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna) – Q5124 Enzeevu (aflibercept-abzv) – Q5149 Eylea (aflibercept) – J0178 Eylea HD (aflibercept) – J0177 Opuviz (aflibercept-yszy) – Q5153 Pavblu (aflibercept-ayyh) – Q5147 Lucentis (ranibizumab) – J2778 Vabysmo (faricimab-svoa) – J2777 Yesafili (aflibercept-jbvf) – Q5155 | |
**Not applicable to diabetic macular edema | ||
Denosumab | |
Preferred Agents | Non-Preferred Agents |
Jubbonti/Wyost Stoboclo/Osenvelt | Bomyntra/Conexxence Ospomyv/Xbryk Prolia/Xgeva |