To create the list, GoodRx excluded drugs that are administered by a healthcare provider and obtained typical fill quantities using drug manufacturer websites to compare the monthly price of these drugs. Using the official manufacturer list price, GoodRx calculated the one-month supply of a typical fill quantity.
GoodRx is an online drug pricing comparison platform.
The 20 most expensive drugs with their monthly list price:
1. Actimmune — $52,322 (Horizon Pharma)
2. Myalept — $46,329 (Aegerion Pharmaceuticals)
3. Daraprim — $45,000 (Vyera Pharmaceuticals)
4. Cinryze — $44,141 (Shire)
5. Takhzyro — $44,140 (Shire)
6. Chenodal — $42,570 (Retrophin)
7. Juxtapid — $40,671 (Aegerion Pharmaceuticals)
8. H.P. Acthar — $38,892 (Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals)
9. Tegsedi — $34,600 (Akcea Therapeutics)
10. Ravicti — $33,572 (Horizon Pharma)
11. Vitrakvi — $32,800 (Bayer and Loxo Oncology)
12. Firazyr — $32,468 (Shire)
13. Cuprimine — $31,426 (Valeant Pharmaceuticals)
14. Sovaldi — $28,000 (Gilead)
15. Viekira Pak — $27,773 (AbbVie)
16. Viekira XR — $27,773 (AbbVie)
17. Orfadin — $27,247 (Apotek Produktion and Laboratorier AB)
18. Tibsovo — $26,115 (Agios Pharmaceuticals)
19. Cerdelga — $26,000 (Sanofi Genzyme)
20. Remodulin — $25,466 (United Therapeutics)
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