Diplomat to dispense Kevzara

FLINT, Mich. — Diplomat Pharmacy on Friday announced that it would be dispensing a recently approved treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. The specialty pharmacy will be dispensing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi’s Kevzara (sarilumab).

The drug is administered once every two weeks as a subcutaneous injection, and can treat moderate to severely active rheumatoid arthritis that’s is intolerant of or unresponsive to one or more disease-modiying antirheumatic drugs.

"Sarilumab offers RA patients a new therapeutic choice to assist in the management of their condition,” Diplomat president Paul Urick said. "We are excited to offer a new treatment option for our patients."