REGULATORY

Stelara to Get 40.8% Price Cut on PMP Return, Januvia Over 26% in 2025 Revision

By Shinya Sato March 10, 2025
Janssen Pharmaceutical’s (J&J) psoriasis therapy Stelara (ustekinumab) is facing a price slash of a whopping 40.8% in the FY2025 drug price revision, hit by the return of the price maintenance premium (PMP), Jiho has learned. MSD’s DPP-4 inhibitor Januvia (sitagliptin)…

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