Mark Cuban drug firm adds cancer biosimilar

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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. has added Vegzelma, a biosimilar indicated for six cancer types, to its marketplace for hospitals and other healthcare providers. 

The company plans to expand its biosimilar offerings amid growing demand for biologics among health systems, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Cost Plus Drugs also offers Starjemza, a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab), at a price about $3,000 lower than retail at other pharmacies.

Vegzelma is a biosimilar to Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab), which is approved for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer; non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer; recurrent glioblastoma; metastatic renal cell carcinoma; persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer; and epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer. 

The drug is now available through Cost Plus Marketplace, a platform for pharmacies, hospitals and other healthcare organizations to order discounted medications. 

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