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Highmark, AstraZeneca in outcomes-based Symbicort contract

April 17, 2018 11:02 PM UTC

Blue Cross Blue Shield's Highmark Inc. affiliate and AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN) entered into an outcomes-based contract for Symbicort budesonide/formoterol to treat symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma patients in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware.

A Highmark spokesperson told BioCentury that the agreement is the company's first outcomes-based contract for a respiratory therapy...