Merck's Second-To-Market Renflexis Biosimilar Priced Below The First

Merck & Co. launched Renflexis in the US, marking the first time two biosimilars will compete for share against a brand, in this case J&J's Remicade.

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Merck & Co. Inc. has launched Renflexis (infliximab-abda), the company announced July 24, marking the first time two biosimilars will compete against a brand drug in the US. Renflexis is the second biosimilar version of Johnson & Johnson's blockbuster anti-TNF Remicade (infliximab) to reach the US market behind Pfizer Inc.'s Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb).

Merck appears to be competing aggressively on price, which will be welcome news to payers. The company set the wholesale acquisition cost of Renflexis at $753

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