the first group of digital therapeutics included in its digital health formulary — and it chose products developed by some of the biggest names in the DTx business, per MobiHealth News. in May that it would create a digital health formulary to help its health plan clients wade through vetted digital tools — the same way they're able to parse through drug options via drug formularies.
Together, their digital management solutions and treatments cover the most common chronic illnesses — including diabetes, asthma, hypertension, and anxiety — which are major drivers of the estimated the US is spending on chronic disease in 2019.
But as Express Scripts and the likes incorporate DTx tools into their formularies to stoke adoption, they may create a wider gap in market share between notable DTx startups and their smaller counterparts. Express Scripts is placing its bets on some of the most prominent players in the DTx space. And the players Express Scripts has included in its formulary will likely enjoy a hefty bump in enrollment thanks to the PBM's massive footprint: It controls nearly