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Prices Much Higher Than Expected for New Generic Ribavirin from Three Rivers
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Three Rivers and Sandoz recently received approval from the FDA to market their generic ribavirins. Based on this research, it appears that generic ribavirin is significantly more expensive than Copegus. The prices for the different ribavirins are described below, average wholesale prices (AWP) for 200 mg capsules. Ribavirin dose is 800, 1000, or 1200 mg per day, depending on your weight.
Three Rivers: $9.93 [source: Pink Sheet]
Sandoz: $9.93 (wholesale acquisition cost is $5.05) [source: Sandoz]
compared to:
Schering-Plough (Rebetol): $11.03 [source: Pink Sheet, based on Price Alert figures] -- on drugstore.com, a 30-day supply of 1200 mg/day is $1,632.98
($9.07/capsule)
Roche (Copegus): $6.33 (as of September 2003) [source: PBMI newsletter, based on Price Alert and Red Book Update figures -- according to Roche, the wholesale acquisition cost is $5.58] -- on drugstore.com, a 28-day supply of 1200 mg/day is $1,062.88 ($6.11/capsule).
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