The online platform Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. (MCCPDC) offers medicines at more affordable prices. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, one example is the cancer med, everolimus, which is sold $20,000 below the normal price.
In April, the price of everolimus was $12,025.40, but as of July 17th, it dropped to $11,223.75. The difference to the regular price of the drug represents a reduction of $20,000.
According to MCCPDC, each medicine is priced with a 15% markup profit margin on top of the production cost, $5 pharmacy fee and $5 shipping cost.
Cost Plus Drugs offers several medicines at (more) affordable prices, with 25 of them to highlight:
Everolimus (generic for Afinitor Disperz)
Retail price: $31,469.10
MCCPDC price: $11,223.75
Savings: $20,245.35
Pyrimethamine (generic for Daraprim)
Retail price: $20,330.10
MCCPDC price: $2,443.10
Savings: $17,887
Tasimelteon (generic for Hetlioz)
Retail price: $29,880
MCCPDC price: $13,610
Savings: $16,270
Fingolimod HCl (generic for Gilenya)
Retail price: $13,067.14
MCCPDC price: $194.86
Savings: $12,872.28
Penicillamine (generic for Cuprimine)
Retail price: $11,192.10
MCCPDC price: $135.20
Savings: $11,056.90
Bexarotene (generic for Targretin)
Retail price: $9,477
MCCPDC price: $383.72
Savings: $9,093.28
Tolvaptan (generic for Samsca)
Retail price: $9,039.90
MCCPDC price: $1,472.90
Savings: $7,567
Sorafenib tosylate (generic for Nexavar)
Retail price: $8,232
MCCPDC price: $1,001.30
Savings: $7,230.70
Tobramycin (generic for Tobi)
Retail price: $6,523
MCCPDC price: $319.05
Savings: $6,203.95
Gefitinib (generic for Iressa)
Retail price: $7,041
MCCPDC price: $1,183.58
Savings: $5,857.42
Tobramycin (generic for Bethkis)
Retail price: $6,572
MCCPDC price: $2,704.33
Savings: $3,867.67
Dihydroergotamine mesylate (generic for Migranal)
Retail price: $3,835
MCCPDC price: $292.22
Savings: $3,542.78
Teriflunomide (generic for Aubagio)
Retail price: $3,552.30
MCCPDC price: $12.80
Savings: $3,539.50
Lapatinib ditosylate (generic for Tykerb)
Retail price: $4,353
MCCPDC price: $1,102.70
Savings: $3,250.30
Phenoxybenzamine HCl (generic for Dibenzyline)
Retail price: $3,891
MCCPDC price: $1,188.80
Savings: $2,702.20
Everolimus (generic for Afinitor)
Retail price: $3,039
MCCPDC price: $368.30
Savings: $2,670.70
Pirfenidone (generic for Esbriet)
Retail price: $2,607
MCCPDC price: $30.80
Savings: $2,576.20
Diclofenac sodium (generic for Pennsaid)
Retail price: $2,578
MCCPDC price: $79.75
Savings: $2,498.25
Sodium phenylbutyrate (generic for Buphenyl)
Retail price: $4,779
MCCPDC price: $2,285.19
Savings: $2,493.81
Penicillamine (generic for Depen Titratabs)
Retail price: $3,194.10
MCCPDC price: $704.90
Savings: $2,489.20
Imatinib (generic for Gleevec)
Retail price: $2,502.50
MCCPDC price: $13.40
Savings: $2,489.10
Efavirenz-Emtricitabine-Tenofovir DF (generic for Atripla)
Retail price: $2,365
MCCPDC price: $19.55
Savings: $2,345.45
Deferasirox (generic for Jadenu)
Retail price: $2,332.80
MCCPDC price: $17
Savings: $2,315.80
Aprepitant (generic for Emend)
Retail price: $2,691.90
MCCPDC price: $524.60
Savings: $2,167.30
Dimethyl fumarate (generic for Tecfidera)
Retail price: $2,176.06
MCCPDC price: $14.20
Savings: $2,161.86