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How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Sarclisa Escena

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

Free from the maker, if you qualify CareASSIST Patient Assistance Program. Or call 1-833-930-2273.

See if you qualify 

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameSarclisa Escena
Authorized genericisatuximab-irfc
Regular genericisatuximab-irfc
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldAsk the pharmacy
Same as Sarclisa Escena?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

CareASSIST Copay Program

Savings card from Sanofi

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

Sign up on sanoficareassist.com 

Or call 1-833-930-2273.

In the maker’s words

“If you have commercial or private insurance, you could pay as little as $0 for out-of-pocket costs (copays, coinsurance, and insurance deductibles) for your SARCLISA ESCENA or SARCLISA medication through the CareASSIST Copay Program.”

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Sarclisa Escena 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

SARCLISA ESCENA is a CD38-directed cytolytic antibody indicated:

  • in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least 1 prior line of therapy including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor.
  • in combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy.
  • in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT).

Source: the FDA label for Sarclisa Escena (Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC), July 10, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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