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

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...

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