The effort comes after Sanofi, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk announced sweeping insulin price cuts earlier this year.
Americans, regardless of their insurance status, can now access Sanofi's most widely prescribed insulin for $35 through prescription drug savings company GoodRx.
Patients with a valid prescription can specifically access a coupon for Sanofi's Lantus product on GoodRx's site and redeem it at U.S. retail pharmacies, including CVS, Walgreens and Walmart. The partnership with GoodRx aims to make the $35 price point for Lantus more widely accessible to Americans, even after Sanofi – along with its rivals Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk – announced sweeping insulin price cuts earlier this year.Sanofi Lantus brand insulin pens are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, April 5, 2019.
The effort aims to make the $35 price point for Lantus more widely accessible to Americans, even after Sanofi – along with its rivalsThose three companies, which control over 90% of the global insulin market, moved to slash prices after years of political pressure and public outrage over the high costs of diabetes care in the U.S. Americans paySanofi said in March that it would lower list prices for Lantus and cap out-of-pocket costs for people with insurance at $35 a month.
That's due to low awareness among patients about copay cards and patient savings programs that can assist with out-of-pocket costs. Health experts and patient advocates have raised concerns thatPharma companies spend more than $5 billion on marketing patient support programs every year, but only 3% of patients actually use them, according to a
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