Treatment Patterns Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with a Biologic in the United States: Descriptive Analyses from an Administrative Claims Database

Abstract

This study was sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Optum was commissioned by Novartis to conduct this study, but employment was not contingent on results of the study. Walsh is a paid consultant for Novartis. Adejoro was an employee of Optum at the time of the study and writing of the manuscript. Chastek is an employee of Optum. Palmer and Hur are employees of Novartis. Results of this study were presented as an abstract and poster at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2017; October 16-19, 2017; Dallas, TX; and the EULAR 2017 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology; June 14-17, 2017; Madrid, Spain.