How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Kesimpta

Kesimpta 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 Kesimpta’s cash price, and one or two other pharmacies too.
  2. Kesimpta’s savings card works only with insurance from a job or one you bought.

Free from the maker, if you qualify Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation (NPAF). Patients must have a household income of less than or equal to $81,760 (for a household size of two) to be considered for NPAF. Or call 1-800-277-2254.

See if you qualify 

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameKesimpta
Authorized genericofatumumab
Regular genericofatumumab
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone sold yet
Same as Kesimpta?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

KESIMPTA Co-Pay Plus Program

Savings card from Novartis

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance $0 a prescription

The card takes up to $18,000 a year off your co-pay.

Sign up on kesimpta.com 

Or call 1-855-537-4678.

In the maker’s words

“If you’re commercially insured and have coverage for KESIMPTA, they can enroll you in the $0 Co‑Pay Plus offer.”

From the maker’s offer on kesimpta.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 Kesimpta itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Kesimpta is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Kesimpta 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

KESIMPTA is a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody indicated for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease, in adults.

Source: the FDA label for Kesimpta (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation), April 1, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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