GoodRx to Offer Humira Biosimilar, but Can Patients Afford Cash Price?

  • Jul 25, 2024

    GoodRx, Inc. has dipped its toes into the booming Humira (adalimumab) biosimilar market with the help of Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), which will offer patients its Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm) interchangeable adalimumab biosimilar direct to patients through GoodRx. Experts say that while GoodRx is another welcome entrant to the Humira biosimilar fray, the deal is unlikely to capture GoodRx or BI a great deal of market share.

    According to a July 18 press release, BI and GoodRx now offer both high- and low-concentration Cyltezo to "anyone with a valid prescription, regardless of insurance status...at over 70,000 retail pharmacies nationwide," at an "exclusive cost" of $550 per two-pack of auto injectors or pre-filled syringes. The companies say that this price "represents a 92% discount from the Humira list price."

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  • Peter Johnson

    Peter has worked as a journalist since 2011 and has covered health care since 2020. At AIS Health, Peter covers trends in finance, business and policy that affect the health insurance and pharma sectors. For Health Plan Weekly, he covers all aspects of the U.S. health insurance sector, including employer-sponsored insurance, Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces. In Radar on Drug Benefits, Peter covers the operations of (and conflicts between) pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, with a particular focus on pricing dynamics and market access. Before joining AIS Health, Peter covered transportation, public safety and local government for various outlets in Seattle, his hometown and current place of residence. He graduated with a B.A. from Colby College.

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