How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Pyrukynd

We didn’t find one.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand namePyrukynd
Authorized genericmitapivat
Regular genericmitapivat
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone found
Same as Pyrukynd?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

PYRUKYND Copay Program (myAgios Patient Support Services)

Savings card from Agios Pharmaceuticals

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

Sign up on pyrukynd.com 

Or call 1-877-772-4467.

In the maker’s words

“If you’re eligible, this program can lower the copay to $0 per prescription…”

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

We didn’t find one. 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

PYRUKYND is a pyruvate kinase activator indicated for the treatment of hemolytic anemia in adults with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency.

Source: the FDA label for Pyrukynd (Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), June 30, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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