Where to buy Eltrombopag/Eltrombopag

The original drug Eltrombopag has been launched in China and belongs to Category B medical insurance. Doctors will issue prescriptions based on the patient's condition, and patients can purchase the drug in hospital pharmacies with the prescription. Some regular pharmacies licensed to sell prescription drugs may also sell Eltrombopag. Patients can bring the doctor's prescription to the pharmacy to buy it. Eltrombopag is available overseas as a brand name drug and generic drugs. The ingredients of generic drugs are basically the same as those of the brand name drugs sold domestically and abroad. Each manufacturer has different drug specifications and prices.

Eltrombopag is an orally administered thrombopoietin receptor agonist that is effective in two major clinical syndromes: idiopathic thrombocytopenia (ITP; abnormally low platelet count) and hepatitis C cirrhosis (where low platelet count may be a contraindication to interferon therapy). Sold under the brands Promacta, etc. Eltrombopag is sold outside the United States under the brand name Revolade and is marketed by Novartis. Eltrombopag at 50 mg daily was associated with significantly higher response rates compared with placebo after six weeks of treatment in a Phase III trial in adult patients with chronic idiopathic ITP.

Currently, the original brand drug Eltrombopag is sold in China in two specifications: 25mg*14 tablets and 25mg*28 tablets. The price of each box is about RMB 2-4,000. Eltrombopag's original brand medicine sold overseas has Turkish and Indian versions, and the price of each box may be more than 1,000 yuan (the price may fluctuate due to the exchange rate). Eltrombopag generics are available in Bangladesh and Laos versions, and the price of each box sold may be several hundred yuan (the price may fluctuate due to the exchange rate). For information on overseas drug prices and related information, consult Yaode Medical Consultants.