Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC), doing business as Cost Plus Drugs, is a public benefit corporation (PBC) with its main headquarters located in

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. The company is focused on the pharmacy distribution of drugs with a stated goal to lower the prices for generic drugs by removing middlemen and by moving to a

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strategy.

Origins and concept

The company was launched in January 2022. It was co-founded by

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Alexander Oshmyansky Alexander Oshmyansky (born in November 1984) is an American radiologist who is co-founder and CEO of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.Cesaric, CoriHow Mark Cuban's online pharmacy plans to make medications affordable ''NBCChicago.com'' April 14, ...

and

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. According to Cuban, in 2018, Oshmyansky contacted Cuban with an email entitled "cold pitch" in which he asked Cuban to invest in a pharmacy he envisioned to manufacture generic drugs and skip the middleman wholesalers. The company claims that the intermediary layer of the

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is typically responsible for the heavy markup that drugs see between the manufacturers and the customers. The company uses Truepill Pharmacy's accredited pharmacists to fill prescriptions. Prices are direct to consumer, without any need or role for insurance.

Operations

As of February 2022, the company is in the process of constructing a factory in

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, for the purpose of manufacturing drugs in-house, which is scheduled to open in the 4th Quarter of 2022. As of June 2022, the company had a selection of over 100 generic drugs, and by March 2023, over 350 drugs were available. The drugs are sold for a price equivalent to the company's cost plus 15% markup and a $3 pharmacy service fee. The company currently ships to all 50 US States. Oshmyansky is currently serving as the CEO.

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* {{official Generic drug manufacturers Social problems in medicine 2022 establishments in Texas Companies based in Dallas