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Glatiramer Acetate

Glatiramer · GLATIRAMER ACETATE 40 mg/mL · Injection, Solution · Subcutaneous · Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.

NDC 00378-6961-12 · 12 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON / 1 SYRINGE in 1 BLISTER PACK / 1 mL in 1 SYRINGE · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price is down 17% over the past year, to $91.07 per mL. Put together: worth watching — several of the pressures that precede supply trouble are present at once.

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One drug, every price

The same NDC has different prices depending on who is paying. Units differ between rungs — compare within a rung over time, not rung against rung, unless the units match.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS NADAC (pharmacy acquisition, weekly)
  • CMS Part B ASP quarterly payment limits
  • CMS Maximum Fair Prices (IRA negotiated, NDC-level)
  • Medicare Part D Spending by Drug (data.cms.gov, name-matched)
  • VA FSS / Big4 federal contract prices (va.gov, twice monthly)
  • ACA Federal Upper Limits + weighted AMP (data.medicaid.gov, monthly)
  • California SB-17 WAC filings (list price, per package)
Method

Each rung is the newest figure for this NDC from one federal price system, shown with its own unit. Part D is matched by drug name because CMS publishes no NDCs there; it is gross spending, before confidential rebates.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

  • Pharmacies pay (NADAC)$91.07per MLinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$167.78per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Part D point of sale (median)$178.30per unitnegotiated price across 5,342 plans — before rebates · Apr 1, 2026
  • Federal contracts pay (FSS)$89.44per unitMylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Jan 1, 202398% of what pharmacies pay — a deeper discount than 48% of drugs with this benchmark
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$91.07per MLweighted avg manufacturer price $47.4617 · Aug 1, 2026100% of what pharmacies pay — higher than 10% of drugs with this benchmark

Medicare Part D

All Part D pricing →
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS quarterly Prescription Drug Plan Formulary & Pricing files (SPUF)
Method

Negotiated 30-day point-of-sale unit prices and formulary terms aggregated across every unsuppressed Part D and MA-PD plan for the quarter shown. Point of sale means gross of confidential rebates. CMS publishes one representative NDC per drug concept (RxCUI) rather than every package, so these figures come from CMS's representative package for the same drug — matched on generic name, strength, and dosage form. Estimated from MedPAC's program-wide rebate aggregates (June 2023: DIR = 29% of gross Part D spending; brand rebates ≈ 25–40% of gross, generics minimal). Actual rebates are confidential and vary widely by drug — this is a range, not a fact about this drug.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Plans pay at point of sale
$178.30per unit
middle half $129.41$224.00 · 5,342 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
≈ $178.30
generic — rebates are minimal, so net ≈ gross
Coverage & restrictions
97%of plans cover it
tier 5 · prior auth 79% · step therapy 0% · qty limit 98%

*No drug-level rebate is public — the estimate applies MedPAC's program-wide brand rebate range to this drug's gross price. Tracked here for 10 quarters since 2024.

NADAC price per unit

$0$100.00$200.00Oct 2019Sep 2026$91.07
41 price points · per ML · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

WAC per package, as filed
$1,950.00
Reported to Texas DSHS · 2026 annual filing · Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Manufacturer list price as filed — not what pharmacies actually pay after discounts.

Medicaid spend (2025)

$3.6M
2,279 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

40Elevated risk

The score is counting real pressure here. One of these alone is routine; it’s the combination that makes this market worth watching.

  • 1 active manufacturer+30
  • sterile injectable+10

The score counts pressure that is already visible — fewer makers, shortages, recalls, falling prices. 0 means none of it; 100 means all of it at once. Recomputed daily · as of Sep 3, 2026

90-day shortage risk (model v2)

0.1%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for glatiramer (injectable) in the next 90 days

sterile injectable

For scale: the typical drug’s chance is about 0.1% — this one is in ordinary territory.

Backtested statistical model over the whole market, not this package alone. Model details →

Is this a "specialty" drug?

There's no legal definition — it meets 3 of 6 public criteria. Why that matters →

  • Part D specialty tier · median tier 5 across plans
  • Costs ≥ $950/fill · avg $2,227.54 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program

Regulatory

Application
ANDA206936
TE code
AP
Approval date
Oct 3, 2017
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of Glatiramer (Injection, Solution)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.GLATIRAMER ACETATE 40 mg/mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

Roster from daily NDC Directory diffs — first/last seen dates start July 2026.

Cite this page

DrugDashboards, "Glatiramer Acetate — NDC 00378-6961-12," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/00378696112.

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