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(Updated: 2021) New Cancer Drugs Insurance Denial

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Lawyer to Help with New Cancer Drug Insurance Denials

Insurance companies seem to be denying claims for medical treatments or necessary prescribed drugs more and more often. This can be incredibly disheartening for those who pay their premiums faithfully, then need a specific cancer drug and find their insurance company has issued a new cancer drugs insurance denial. New, targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer are being developed almost daily. Unfortunately, there can be a significant lag between when these cancer drugs become available, and when an insurance company will recognize the drugs as more than experimental.

Since virtually all health insurance policies implement exclusions for experimental treatments, even if your doctor tells you a new cancer drug could potentially save your life, your insurance company may deny payment. As an example, one highly promising type of radiation known as proton beam therapy (PBT) is often challenged by insurance companies as being experimental. PBT can target radiation into tumors much more effectively than traditional radiation, damaging fewer surrounding tissues. While medical acceptance of this protocol is fairly widespread, insurance companies often deny the treatment, still considering it experimental.

Some forms of cancer treatment drugs can be denied under the guise of being “not medically necessary.” Even though insurance companies maintain they do not practice medicine, they routinely question the judgment of doctors regarding treatment. Not coincidentally, the denied treatments are often those that are more expensive—even when they have been shown to be more effective than less expensive treatments.

It can be totally disheartening to find that the company you paid to protect you has turned its back on you when you need help the most. Don’t give up! All you need is one person who cares enough about you and your future to fight on your behalf. That person is attorney Scott Glovsky. The Law Offices of Scott Glovsky has helped hundreds of individuals just like you who had reached their breaking point.

Scott Glovsky forces insurance companies to change their behavior—including their process of reviewing requests for medically necessary treatment, including a new cancer drug insurance denial. If you are in LA County—or anywhere throughout the state of California, for that matter—we can help. We have offices in Claremont and Pasadena for your convenience.

Seven Cancer Drugs Subject to New Cancer Drugs Insurance Denial

While many drugs can be subject to an insurance denial, there are some specific cancer drugs that could be even more likely to be denied by your insurance company. These cancer drugs include:

  • Zynlonta is a prescription medication used to treat adults who have been diagnosed with specific types of large B-cell lymphoma that have either returned or did not respond to prior cancer treatments. Zynlonta is the first and only CD19-targeted antibody drug used for large B-cell lymphoma. Zynlonta is manufactured by ADC Therapeutics and was just approved by the FDA in spring 2021. Based on the overall response rate to Zynlonta, accelerated approval was obtained by the FDA. Zynlonta meets a prior unmet need for treating adults with large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that have had little success with other treatments. DLBCL is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the United States. It is an aggressive disease that progresses quickly. Zynlonta brings hope to many who had no success with other treatments. In fact, more than 40 percent of first-line DLBCL treatments fail, resulting in a poor prognosis. Because Zynlonta is expensive and new, insurance companies may deny requests by doctors for this drug.
  • Jemperli (dostarlimab) received accelerated FDA approval as a drug to treat recurrent or advanced dMMR endometrial cancer. A GARNET study represented the largest dataset for an anti-PD-1 monotherapy treatment among women with endometrial cancer, showing an overall response rate of 42 percent. Jemperli is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, indicated for patients with dMMR recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer who have progressed on or are currently following prior treatment. During the clinical trials, Jemperli was shown to have a high response rate and durability of response. Since about one in four women with endometrial cancer experience a recurrence, or are initially diagnosed with an advanced case, Jemperli may be a true game-changer. GlaxoSmithKline is currently studying Jemperli for use as an earlier treatment, as well as in combination with other treatments for women with advanced solid tumors or metastatic cancers. Despite its success in clinical trials, insurance companies may deny payment for Jemperli because of its relative newcomer status.
  • Fotivda (tivozanib) gained FDA approval on March 10, 2021, to be used in adults with relapsed or refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma after two prior systemic therapies have failed to work. Fotivda is a kinase inhibitor, evaluated in a large clinical trial that resulted in a median progression-free survival of 5.6 months compared with those treated with a different drug. Median overall survival was 16.4 months, with an objective response rate of 18 percent. For those for whom other treatments failed to work, Fotivda could significantly increase the survival and response rates for those with relapsed or refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma. Fotivda received FDA approval three weeks ahead of goal.  
  • Pepaxto is an FDA approved drug used in combination with the steroid dexamethasone for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory myeloma. Patients for whom Pepaxto is approved are those who have received at least four prior lines of another type of therapy. The disease of these patients must be refractory to at least one proteasome inhibitor, one immunomodulatory drug, and one CD38-directed monoclonal antibody. Pepaxto is the first anticancer peptide drug conjugate that garnered FDA approval. Pepaxto is expensive ($9,500 for a 20 mg vial) making it more likely insurance companies may deny the cancer drug despite significant evidence of efficacy.  In the clinical trials, the overall response rate for patients taking Pepaxto was 23.7 percent. The median duration of response was 4.2 months.
  • Cosela (trilaciclib) is a cancer drug approved by the FDA in February 2021. Cosela is a first line therapy that reduces the frequency of chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in adults receiving chemotherapy for extensive stage small cell lung cancer. Cosela has been found to protect bone marrow cells from the damage chemotherapy can cause by inhibiting an enzyme known as cyclin-dependent kinase. When bone marrow is protected by Cosela, chemotherapy is safer, allowing more patients to complete their course of chemotherapy treatment according to their doctor’s plan. Chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells, but they can also damage healthy tissue, particularly bone marrow. When bone marrow is damaged, it produces fewer red and white blood cells and platelets. This increases the level of fatigue, infection, and bleeding among those undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Over the course of three studies, patients receiving Cosela had a significantly lower chance of developing severe neutropenia compared to those who received a placebo. Among those who had severe neutropenia, those taking Cosela had it for a significantly shorter period of time.
  • Ukoniq is a drug used to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma (MZL). The MZL patients prescribed the drug must have received at least one prior anti-CD20 based regimen or, patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) must have received at least three prior lines of systemic therapy. Ukoniq is the first and only oral inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3 kinase and casein kinase epsilon. Accelerated FDA approval was granted for Ukoniq in February 2021, based on the overall response rate. Despite treatment advances, MZL and FL remain incurable diseases with limited treatment options until Ukoniq. Ukoniq is now offering a new treatment option for these diseases and new hope for the outcome.
  • Tepmetko is an oral kinase inhibitor approved to treat patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tepmetko is the first and only FDA approved MET inhibitor with once-daily oral dosing. Tepmetko was developed by Merck, a German-based pharmaceutical company. Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of cancer across the globe, with more than two million new cases each and every year. In the United States in 2020, there were 228,000 new cases of NSCLC. Symptoms of NSCLC include chronic cough, chest pain, decreased appetite, chronic lung infections, unexplained weight loss, wheezing, and a cough that produces blood. About 85 percent of all lung cancers are NSCLC. The FDA granted accelerated approval for Tepmetko in February 2021. In clinical trials, the overall response rate to Tepmetko was 43 percent, among patients who had

How the Law Offices of Scott Glovsky Can Assist with New Cancer Drugs Insurance Denial

Even though your insurer essentially agreed to pay for any medical treatment necessary to save your life or that of a loved one—or to increase their quality of life—insurance companies often make decisions as to whether the treatment is medically necessary. Despite the success of many of these new cancer drugs and despite the fact that they all have FDA approval, many insurance companies still refuse to approve these life-saving drugs.

Scott Glovsky will fight for you and your right to receive a potentially life-saving drug therapy. We will work with you to examine your medical needs, evaluate the case law dealing with your situation, and determine the best path forward to challenge your insurance company’s new cancer drugs insurance denial. Contact the Law Offices of Scott Glovsky today in LA County or across the state of California.

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