How much does a box of domestically produced Lenvatinib cost?

The original drug Lenvatinib has been launched in China and is covered by Class B medical insurance. It is understood that there are domestic pharmaceutical factories producing lenvatinibdomestic drugs, and their drug ingredients are basically the same as those of the original drugs. Common pharmaceutical companies include Qilu Pharmaceutical, Chia Tai Tianqing, CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, etc. The price of domestic drugs may be cheaper than the original drugs. The price of 4mg*30 tablets per box may be more than 2,000 yuan. In addition, domestic hospitals or pharmacies sell both original drugs and domestic drugs.

Lenvatinib is a cancer drug used to treat adults with differentiated thyroid cancer, a cancer that originates in the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. Lenvatinib is used alone when the cancer has developed or spread locally or to other parts of the body and has not responded to radioactive iodine treatment; it is also used for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer, and is used alone in patients who have not previously received cancer drugs by mouth or injection, and in patients whose cancer is advanced or cannot be removed by surgery.

Original drugs marketed in China, specificationsThe price of each box of 4mg*30 pills may be more than 3,000 yuan. Lenvatinib original drug currently on the market overseas, specifications 4mg*30 capsules, may cost more than 1,000 yuan per box (the price may fluctuate due to exchange rates). Lenvatinib generic drugs are also produced and marketed overseas. Their drug ingredients are basically the same as those of the original drugs sold domestically and abroad, but the price is cheaper. For example, the price of a box of 4mg*30 tablets produced by a Bangladesh pharmaceutical factory may be RMB 800 (the price may fluctuate due to exchange rates).