Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:34:12 PM
http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/roche-s-deep-discount-for-ms-drug-ocrevus-pays-off-big-for-swiss-drugmaker?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdGallURXpORGc1WlRNMCIsInQiOiJnM1JselpBS3lRQjRDeW9LcU0xdEZ1MExpSlNBcWpzdFpqWUNJVVdHTWozXC9Hc3hSNEJHYWYyeGJJWHlER2hFYzNZMnRhUVVnVHBoRnlRUUprZmFXTVNFZzNhQnVPMVdpbEV3ZlRQNFZIc1N0NFNrbWNSVlRGem9zbTZjbFU0ZUYifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=899996&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
This 2nd article describes how Pfizer’s Inflectra, its biosimilar of J & Js rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade brought in $94 million in the second quarter whereas Remicade, booked $1.53 billion in sales in the period. Two things that struck me is that Pfizer only placed a 15% discount to Remicade’s price and actually came out more expensive when considering rebates and such. The second is that patients that take Remicade are long term users of the drug, and if it’s benefiting them are reluctant to switch to a cheaper alternative. It’s easier to start off a pt on the biosimilar from the get go. Rolontis won’t have this problem since the drug is just used to boost your neutrophil count temporally. Here’s the link
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-15/what-s-harder-than-making-copycat-biotech-drugs-selling-them
So lastly I just got to say SPECTRUM! Regarding Rolontis marketing, learn from Roche on how to price your product and win big time!
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