Tyenne

Generic name: tocilizumab-aazg

Used for: Rheumatoid arthritis · Giant cell arteritis (inflamed blood vessels) · Juvenile arthritis · Severe cytokine release syndrome after CAR T-cell therapy · COVID-19 in the hospital needing oxygen or a ventilator · 4 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Tyenne

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameTyenne
Authorized generictocilizumab-aazg
Regular generictocilizumab-aazg
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone sold yet
Same as Tyenne?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

KabiCare Copay Program

Savings card from Fresenius Kabi

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

Sign up on kabicare.us 

Or call 1-833-522-4227. See the offer on kabicare.us

In the maker’s words

“If you have commercial or private insurance, you may be eligible for the copay program that lowers your out-of-pocket costs to as little as $0/month for treatment with an annual maximum.”

From the maker’s offer on kabicare.us, 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.

Brand nameWith a free discount coupon

Optum Perks, Optum’s free discount coupon, lists these prices for Tyenne without insurance. Show the coupon from its page at the pharmacy; it can’t be used with insurance.

From Optum Perks, read November 2, 2026, with no location set. Its page opens on this dose; other doses and pharmacies near you are priced there too. With insurance, check your co-pay first: it may be lower.

Authorized genericNot sold

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Tyenne 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

TYENNE® (tocilizumab-aazg) is an interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor antagonist indicated for treatment of:

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

  • Adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to one or more Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs).

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

  • Adult patients with giant cell arteritis.

Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (PJIA)

  • Patients 2 years of age and older with active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA)

  • Patients 2 years of age and older with active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)

  • Adults and pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell-induced severe or life-threatening cytokine release syndrome.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

  • Hospitalized adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who are receiving systemic corticosteroids and require supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Source: the FDA label for Tyenne (Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC), August 26, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/tyenne/