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Mylan Launches Advair Generic Wixela At 70% Discount To GSK's Branded Drug List Price

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Two weeks after the product's approval, Mylan finally has launched Wixela and revealed a big price cut for the asthma and COPD medicine over the brand; the actual savings for patients remains dependent on payer negotiations and other factors.

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Mylan NV launched Wixela Inhub (fluticasone propionate/salmeterol), its US generic version of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Advair Diskus, on Feb. 12 at prices it claims are a 70% discount to the brand name product's costs and 67% below a recently launched authorized generic.

It remains to be seen what the actual cost will look like in terms of the net price for Mylan and for payers after rebates or other discounts, and in terms of out-of-pocket costs for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, given the variables involved in drug pricing and

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