CMS removes Xeljanz from MDPNP for 2029

NCPA August 6, 2026

CMS has removed Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR from the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP) beginning Jan. 1, 2029. These drugs will no longer have a maximum fair price (MFP) at that time, given generic availability.

Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR will join the MDPNP on Jan. 1, 2028, and remain in the program through 2028, but an MFP will no longer apply.

Read the CMS announcement on the Xeljanz removal here.

For NCPA resources and advocacy on the MDPNP, click here.

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