Am­gen prices bone builder Eveni­ty at $21,900/year to com­pete on con­ve­nience, not cost

A week af­ter fi­nal­ly get­ting its bone-build­ing drug across the fin­ish line, Am­gen on Mon­day un­veiled the an­nu­al price tag car­ried by the in­ject­ed os­teo­poro­sis treat­ment Eveni­ty: $21,900.

One in two post­menopausal women in the Unit­ed States have weak­ened bones that make them high­ly sus­cep­ti­ble to frac­tur­ing. Eveni­ty func­tions pre­dom­i­nant­ly as a bone an­a­bol­ic agent that stim­u­lates bone growth by in­hibit­ing a pro­tein called scle­rostin, which ceas­es the pro­duc­tion of bone and en­hances its break­down.

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