Alectinib $2600 600mg Capsules

Alectinib is a cancer fighter, mainly used for a type of lung cancer called ALK-positive metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. It works by stopping something called anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), which is important for cancer cells to grow. The medicine comes in 150 mg pill form.

You’re supposed to take 600 mg of it, twice a day, with food. You need to swallow the pill whole, no chewing allowed. The pills come in bottles with 240 capsules each, which should last you about a month (that’s 600 mg per day, so it’s enough for 180 days).

The price can differ based on where you buy it and your insurance, but usually, each 150 mg pill costs about $11, and a bottle can cost between $2,640 and $2,960.