How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Actimmune

Actimmune is a biologic. Biologics don’t have generics, but some have biosimilars or an unbranded version from the same maker. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber whether one is sold.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for Actimmune’s cash price, and one or two other pharmacies too.
  2. Actimmune’s savings card works only with insurance from a job or one you bought.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameActimmune
Authorized genericinterferon gamma-1b
Regular genericinterferon gamma-1b
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldAsk the pharmacy
Same as Actimmune?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

Amgen Commercial Co-Pay Program (Amgen By Your Side)

Savings card from Amgen

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $0 a fill

Sign up on amgenbyyourside.com 

In the maker’s words

“Eligible patients with commercial insurance may pay as little as $0 out-of-pocket for each prescription fill through the Amgen Commercial Co-Pay Program.”

From the maker’s offer on amgenbyyourside.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Maker’s card or discount card?

A discount card like GoodRx lowers the pharmacy’s cash price, but for a brand-name drug that price often stays high. Compare it with the maker’s card above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Actimmune itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Actimmune is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Actimmune is a biologic. Biologics don’t have generics, but some have biosimilars or an unbranded version from the same maker. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber whether one is sold. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the maker’s savings card is the way to pay less.

See the brand name →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

ACTIMMUNE is an interferon gamma indicated for:

  • Reducing the frequency and severity of serious infections associated with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
  • Delaying time to disease progression in patients with severe, malignant osteopetrosis (SMO)

Source: the FDA label for Actimmune (Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc.), March 30, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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