How much is the latest price of acotinib / acalatinib per box in 2024

Acalabrutinib/ Acalabrutinib is used to treat patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL; a rapid cancer that starts in immune system cells) who have been treated with at least one other chemotherapy drug. growing cancer); it is also used alone or with obinutuzumab to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL; a cancer that starts in white blood cells) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL; a cancer that starts in white blood cells). Acotinib belongs to the kinase inhibitor class of drugs. It prevents cancer cells from multiplying by blocking the action of abnormal proteins. This helps stop the spread of cancer cells.

Acotinib is an oral capsule. Take acotinib at about the same time each day as long as your doctor advises you to take it, usually every 12 hours (twice a day) with or without food. Swallow the capsules whole with a glass of water; do not open, chew, or break them; and do not take more or less or more often than prescribed by your doctor.

In the domestic market, the original drug of acotinib has been launched and has been included in the medical insurance system. The common drug specifications are 100 mg, 8 pills and 7 tablets, and each box is priced at more than RMB 40,000. In overseas markets, the price of the same original drug may be as high as more than 10,000 US dollars, which is particularly expensive. Fortunately, generic versions of acotinib have appeared on the market, and these generic versions are highly consistent with the original drug in terms of ingredients. For example, each box of 100mg*60-tablet medicines produced by Lao Pharmaceutical is only priced at around RMB 3,000 (the specific price may be affected by exchange rate fluctuations). This undoubtedly provides a more economical and affordable treatment option for the majority of patients.