Several Stelara Biosimilars Have Launched at Deep Discounts

  • Mar 13, 2025

    As expected, multiple biosimilars of Stelara (ustekinumab) from Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (formerly Janssen Biotech, Inc.) launched onto the U.S. market in February, offering significant discounts off the reference drug’s list price.

    As of mid-March, the FDA has approved seven biosimilars of Stelara for all of the reference drug’s indications: the treatment of adults and pediatric patients at least 6 years old with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy, adults and pediatric patients at least 6 years old with active psoriatic arthritis, adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease and adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

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  • Angela Maas

    Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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