FDA Approves Sotyktu for psoriasis

[Kat]

Bristol Myers is enthusiastically promoting Sotyktu. 

They have a "Co-Pay Assistance Program" under which patients might pay as little as $0 for a 30-day supply.
From their Terms and Conditions: "Patients must have commercial (private) insurance...".  "Patients are not eligible if they have prescription insurance coverage through a state or federal healthcare program...".

By telephone, they verified that Medicare Part D is excluded.  Only "private".

The government sees copay cards as way to promote the sale prescriptions - they have been determine to be illegal.  We all know it's a bunch of poo, but none of the co-pay cards can be accepted for government sponsored health insurance.

Yes, it's a pain for those on Medicare. I wish they would change that but sadly I doubt they ever will.