Vidaza

Generic name: azacitidine

Used for: Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) · Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMMoL) · Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) · 2 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic azacitidine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic azacitidine.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Vidaza, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameVidaza
Authorized genericazacitidine
Regular genericazacitidine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Vidaza?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Vidaza’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Vidaza’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Vidaza itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.

See the regular generic →

Regular genericWho makes it

12 companies sell a generic of Vidaza that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.

  • Accord Healthcare100 mg

    Product page on accordhealthcare.us

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 116729-306-10

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Apotex100 mg

    Made by Jiangsu Hansoh Pharm

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 160505-6271-1

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Armas Pharmaceuticals100 mg

    Made by Adaptis Pharma

    Product page on armaspharmaceuticals.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg White to off white

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 172485-201-01

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • BluePoint Laboratories100 mg

    Made by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 168001-620-54

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Civica100 mg

    Made by MSN Laboratories

    Packages and NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 172572-020-01

    FDA label

  • Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories100 mg
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 143598-305-62

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 143598-465-62

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 175907-225-11

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Eugia100 mg/4 mL

    Being phased out; sold until February 2027

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg/4 mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 4 mL55150-393-01

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Fresenius Kabi100 mg/30 mL

    Made by Adaptis Pharma

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg/30 mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 30 mL63323-771-39

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Hikma Pharmaceuticals100 mg

    Made by Eurohealth International Sarl

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 10143-9606-01

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Meitheal Pharmaceuticals100 mg

    Product page on meithealpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 171288-115-30

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 171288-153-95

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

  • Sandoz100 mg

    Made by MSN Laboratories

    Packages and NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 10781-3491-94

    FDA label

  • Somerset Therapeutics100 mg
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 170069-857-01

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol

    FDA label

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Vidaza, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

VIDAZA is a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor indicated for the treatment of:

  • Adult patients with the following FAB myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) subtypes: Refractory anemia (RA) or refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS) (if accompanied by neutropenia or thrombocytopenia or requiring transfusions), refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB), refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (RAEB-T), and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMMoL).
  • Pediatric patients aged 1 month and older with newly diagnosed Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML).

Source: the FDA label for Vidaza (Celgene Corporation), January 29, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/vidaza/