Coherus and Mark Cuban to debut lowest priced Humira biosimilar in USA

2 June 2023
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US biosimilars developer Coherus BioSciences (Nasdaq: CHRS) saw its share rise 5% to $4.05 pre-market, after it announced it will launch Yusimry (adalimumab-aqvh) next month, with a list price of $995 per carton (2 x 40 mg/0.8 mL autoinjectors), the lowest price announced to date of any Humira (adalimumab) copy offering in the USA.

With AbbVie’s (NYSE: ABBV) Humira currently priced at $6,922 per carton of two autoinjectors, the Yusimry price will represent about an 85% discount from the originator, Coherus noted.

According to Coherus, the price of Humira has increased more than 500% since it was first launched in the USA in 2003 at $13,572 per year. The annual cost of Humira, which is still notching up sales of over $20 billion a year, is now nearly $90,000, and the annual cost of Yusimry will be approximately $13,000, representing a discount of about 85%.

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