Generic Specialty Pharmacy Scam. The generic version of the Multiple Sclerosis Drug Tecfidera is called Dimethyl Fumarate. This generic medication has been available since 2020.
Usually when a drug becomes generic its price goes WAY DOWN.
However, the Dimethyl Fumarate has a HUGE variability in cost depending on which pharmacy you use to fill it.
Grocery store pharmacies like HEB, Giant, Publix and Jewel-Osco sell Dimethyl Fumarate for $37 to $104 for a one month supply.
However, Costco, Walmart, Walgreens and CVS sell the exact same generic medication for $1,500 to $2,171.
That's 58 TIMES more expensive.
For employer-sponsored health insurance plans, that higher cost is being paid by the employer.
Solution: Exclude Dimethyl Fumarate from your PBM formulary, have plan members pay cash at the lower cost pharmacies and then reimburse them the cost.
You don't even need to use a Patient Assistance Program.
Sources:
www.goodrx.com/tecfidera?dosa...
multiplesclerosisnewstoday.co...
www.mymsteam.com/resources/wh....
corporate.walmart.com/newsroo...
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24 июн 2023
