HeadWise HeadWise: Volume 7, Issue 1 | Page 30

The most impacted population of migraine patients have experienced significant impediments to new treatments due to cost, coverage, or availability. payment/coverage denials persist in this highly impacted group. The makers/marketers of Aimovig ™ , Amgen and Novartis, have launched a patient assistance program, Aimovig Ally ™ , which is designed to help patients and providers navigate the prior approval process. Components to this program could keep the cost of Aimovig ™ as low 30 HeadW ise ® | Volume 7, Issue 1 • 2018 as $5 per month for qualified patients. The NHF applauds this effort and has great hopes that in the coming months and years, with the availability of Aimovig ™ and other new treatments for migraine management, we will see unprecedented relief for those most impacted by migraine and other disabling headache disorders. HW