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Breo Ellipta vs Tezspire

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Safety signalsTezspire has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Breo Ellipta based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Tezspire but not Breo Ellipta, including UnitedHealthcare
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Breo Ellipta
Tezspire
At A Glance
Oral inhalation
Once daily
ICS/LABA combination
SC injection
Every 4 weeks
TSLP blocker
Indications
  • Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
  • Asthma
  • Asthma
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis with multiple nasal polyps
Dosing
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease 1 actuation of BREO ELLIPTA 100/25 mcg once daily by oral inhalation; use a short-acting beta2-agonist for breakthrough symptoms between doses.
Asthma Adults >=18 years: 1 actuation of BREO ELLIPTA 100/25 mcg or 200/25 mcg once daily by oral inhalation; pediatric patients 12-17 years: 1 actuation of BREO ELLIPTA 100/25 mcg once daily; pediatric patients 5-11 years: 1 actuation of BREO ELLIPTA 50/25 mcg once daily; maximum dose is 1 inhalation of BREO ELLIPTA 200/25 mcg once daily.
Asthma, Chronic rhinosinusitis with multiple nasal polyps 210 mg administered subcutaneously once every 4 weeks.
Contraindications
  • Primary treatment of status asthmaticus or other acute episodes of COPD or asthma where intensive measures are required
  • Severe hypersensitivity to milk proteins or demonstrated hypersensitivity to fluticasone furoate, vilanterol, or any excipient
  • Known hypersensitivity to tezepelumab-ekko or any of its excipients
Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=3%) nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, oropharyngeal candidiasis, headache, back pain, pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis, cough, arthralgia, influenza, pharyngitis, pyrexia
Serious serious asthma-related events (hospitalizations, intubations, death), oropharyngeal candidiasis, pneumonia, immunosuppression, hypercorticism, adrenal suppression, paradoxical bronchospasm, cardiovascular effects, reduction in bone mineral density, growth effects, glaucoma, cataracts
Postmarketing palpitations, tachycardia, hypersensitivity reactions (anaphylaxis, angioedema, rash, urticaria), hyperglycemia, muscle spasms, tremor, nervousness, paradoxical bronchospasm
Most common (>=3%) Nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, pharyngitis, arthralgia, back pain, epistaxis, influenza, injection site reaction
Serious Serious cardiac adverse events (incidence rate 1.08 per 100 patient-years in TEZSPIRE vs 0.21 in placebo in long-term extension trial)
Postmarketing Anaphylaxis
Pharmacology
Breo Ellipta combines fluticasone furoate, a synthetic trifluorinated ICS that inhibits inflammation via glucocorticoid receptor activation, with vilanterol, a LABA that relaxes bronchial smooth muscle by stimulating beta2-adrenergic receptors and increasing intracellular cyclic AMP.
TSLP blocker; tezepelumab-ekko is a human monoclonal antibody (IgG2lambda) that binds human thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and blocks its interaction with the heterodimeric TSLP receptor, thereby reducing inflammatory biomarkers including blood eosinophils, IgE, FeNO, IL-5, and IL-13.
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Breo Ellipta
  • Covered on 5 commercial plans
  • PA (3/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (10/12)
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Tezspire
  • Covered on 5 commercial plans
  • PA (10/12) · Step Therapy (10/12) · Qty limit (9/12)
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UnitedHealthcare
Breo Ellipta
  • Covered on 4 commercial plans
  • PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
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Tezspire
  • Covered on 4 commercial plans
  • PA (6/8) · Step Therapy (4/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
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Humana
Breo Ellipta
  • Covered on 0 commercial plans
  • PA (1/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (1/3)
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Tezspire
  • Covered on 0 commercial plans
  • PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (3/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
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Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
No savings programs available for Breo Ellipta.
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Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
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