How much does a box of serputinib/serpatinib cost in 2024?

Selpercatinib/Selpercatinib (Selpercatinib) belongs to the kinase inhibitor class of drugs. It works by blocking the activity of an abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This helps slow or stop the spread of cancer cells. Septinibis used to treat a certain type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults that has spread to nearby tissue or other parts of the body. It is also used to treat certain types of thyroid cancer that have spread to other parts of the body in adults and children 12 years and older.

Seputinib is also used to treat another type of thyroid cancer that has spread to other parts of the body in adults and children aged 12 and older who have failed treatment with radioactive iodine. Septinib is also used to treat certain types of solid tumors in adults that have spread to nearby tissue or other parts of the body and get worse after other treatments or without other treatments. Seputinib is available as a capsule for oral administration. It is usually taken twice daily (once every 12 hours), with or without food. Do not take more or less than prescribed by your doctor.

Up to now, the original research drug is sold in China under the name of Seputinib, but it is not included in medical insurance. The price of each box of 80mg*56 tablets may be more than 10,000 yuan. There are European and American versions of the original drugs sold overseas, with the price of each box ranging from 20,000 to more than 100,000 yuan (prices may fluctuate due to exchange rates). Generic drugs of Seputinib have also been put on the market for sale overseas, and their pharmaceutical ingredients are basically the same as those of the original drugs sold domestically and abroad. For example, the price of 40mg*120 capsules produced by a Laos pharmaceutical factory is more than RMB 4,000 per box (the price may fluctuate due to exchange rates).