How much does Secukinumab cost?

Secukinumab (Secukinumab) is a drug that acts on the immune system (the body's natural defense system) and contains the active substance secukinumab. Secukinumab is used to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (a disease that causes red, scaly patches on the skin) in adults and children 6 years of age and older who require treatment with systemic medications (administered by mouth or injection). It may also be used to treat psoriatic arthritis (joint inflammation associated with psoriasis) in adults when disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are not effective.

Secukinumab is indicated for the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis in adults (vertebral inflammation leading to back pain), including ankylosing spondylitis in which the disease is shown on X-rays, and non-X-ray axial spondyloarthritis with obvious signs of inflammation but no disease in X-rays. It is used when conventional treatments are ineffective. Secukinumabis also indicated for two types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (a form of arthritis in children), enthesitis-associated arthritis (ERA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA), in patients starting as young as 6 years old for whom conventional treatments are not effective enough or intolerable. It can be used alone or in combination with methotrexate, a DMARD drug.

Secukinumab The original drug has been launched in China and has entered the scope of Class B medical insurance. However, domestic patients who can purchase this drug are limited to eligible patients with psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis. Patients who are not eligible for medical insurance reimbursement can only purchase it at their own expense. The price of each box of 150mg/ML is about RMB 1,000. SecukinumabThe original drug has also been launched overseas. The specifications of the Turkish original versionThe price per box of 150mg/ML is about 1,500 yuan, and the European version is 150m. The price of each box of g/ML*2 is around RMB 15,000 (the price may fluctuate due to the exchange rate). The ingredients of foreign original drugs and domestic original drugs are basically the same. Currently, there are no generic secukinumab drugs on the market.