Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs Expands To Employers In Quest To Disrupt Big Pharma
Brian Bushard – Forbes Staff
Dec 10, 2022
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban’s self-titled low-cost pharmaceutical company Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company partnered with a major pharmaceutical company this week as the Dallas Mavericks owner looks to access employer benefit programs and compete more directly with pharmacy giants like CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens.
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Cuban’s drug company announced on Thursday it is partnering with pharmacy benefit management company Purchaser Business Group on Health—expanding the employer-provided health care program by allowing Americans to sign up through its subsidiary, EmsanaRX Plus, for low-cost drugs offered by Cuban’s company.
Through the program, customers must request a prescription from a U.S.-based provider in order to purchase medication from its website, while employers can now use Emsana RX as a supplement to existing health benefits packages for lower-cost drugs.
Rather than working through major insurance providers, Cuban’s company, which offers more than 100 generic medications, uses a fixed 15% mark-up and a $3 pharmacist fee, boasting to eliminate the middleman and have no hidden costs.
The company, which works with Truepill pharmacy to fill prescriptions, says it buys medications directly from third-party suppliers and plans to manufacture its own products upon the completion of a 22,000-foot plant, which is currently under construction outside Dallas.
