Humira, the injectable rheumatoid arthritis treatment is pictured in a pharmacy in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday, January 25, 2006. Abbott Laboratories said fourth-quarter sales were lifted by surging demand for its arthritis treatment while Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said revenue fell as it faces a patent fight on its best-selling product. Photographer: JB Reed/Bloomberg News Credit: J.B. Reed/Bloomberg

Express Scripts is joining CVS Health in moving away from offering Humira as a standard prescription drug option for people with arthritis, Crohn's disease and other autoimmune disorders.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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