Mark Cuban’s platform delivers more affordable medicines

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

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