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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

Public benefit corporation selling generic and other prescription drugs at a fixed markup over cost.

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About Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company is a Dallas public benefit corporation that sells prescription drugs at its acquisition cost plus a fixed 15% markup and a pharmacy fee, aiming to cut out middlemen such as pharmacy benefit managers.^{Source [2]}^{Source [1]}^{Source [3]}

Its online pharmacy, CostPlusDrugs.com, launched on January 19, 2022 with about 100 generic drugs and by 2026 offered over 2,300 prescription products by mail; customers can also get its pricing at participating retail pharmacies with the Team Cuban Card.^{Source [2]}^{Source [8]}^{Source [6]}

The company is vertically integrated: it runs a licensed nationwide wholesaler, a 22,000 square foot sterile fill-finish manufacturing plant in Dallas that opened in 2023, and a pharmacy benefit offering for employers. It also licenses SwiftyRx, a pharmacy software platform.^{Source [1]}^{Source [7]}^{Source [8]}

It increasingly works with drugmakers, health plans and employers, including a 2026 deal with Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer to sell Eliquis and a 2026 partnership with Humana's CenterWell Pharmacy.^{Source [9]}^{Source [8]}

What happened

Co-founded by radiologist Alex Oshmyansky, its CEO, and Mark Cuban. It set up a pharmacy benefit manager operation in November 2021 and launched its online pharmacy on January 19, 2022, pricing drugs at manufacturer cost plus a flat margin and pharmacist fee. By November 2025 it said it carried over 2,300 prescription products.^{Source [2]}^{Source [6]}^{Source [3]}

Timeline

2026-04Partnered with Humana's CenterWell Pharmacy on employer drug programs using SwiftyRx.^{Source [8]}
2026-04Began offering Eliquis through a deal with Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer.^{Source [9]}
2025-11Added the Starjemza biosimilar; catalog passed 2,300 prescription products.^{Source [6]}
2023Opened its 22,000 square foot sterile manufacturing plant in Dallas.^{Source [1]}^{Source [3]}
2022-02Topped out its $11 million Deep Ellum manufacturing facility.^{Source [7]}
2022-01Launched the CostPlusDrugs.com online pharmacy with about 100 generic drugs.^{Source [2]}
2021-11Set up its pharmacy benefit manager operation.^{Source [2]}
2019Co-founded by Mark Cuban and Alex Oshmyansky, per Cuban's ABC biography.^{Source [4]}

Products and brands

Cost Plus Drugs online pharmacy: Mail-order pharmacy at CostPlusDrugs.com with over 2,300 prescription products.^{Source [8]}^{Source [6]}
Team Cuban Card: Card that gives Cost Plus pricing at participating retail pharmacies.^{Source [8]}^{Source [6]}
Wholesale distribution: Licensed nationwide drug wholesaler applying a 15% markup.^{Source [1]}^{Source [2]}
Sterile manufacturing: Dallas fill-finish plant making injectable drugs, including shortage-list items.^{Source [1]}^{Source [7]}
UnPBM: Pharmacy benefit program for employers and managed care organizations.^{Source [1]}
SwiftyRx: Digital pharmacy software sold as a service to other pharmacies.^{Source [8]}

How it makes money: Charges the drug's acquisition cost plus a 15% markup and a pharmacy fee, without insurance rebates, and sells through its own pharmacy, retail partners, wholesale and employer programs.^{Source [2]}^{Source [1]}^{Source [6]}

Leadership

Alex Oshmyansky	Co-founder and CEO^{Source [1]}^{Source [2]}
Mark Cuban	Co-founder^{Source [1]}

People on Founded, and where they went next

1 person on record, connected to 4 other companies.

Person	Here	Also built
Mark Cuban	Co-founder2019 to now	HDNet (now AXS TV)2001AcquiredDallas Mavericks2000 to nowActiveBroadcast.com1995 to 1999AcquiredMicroSolutions1983 to 1990Acquired

Sources

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company's Online Pharmacy Launches with Lowest Prices on 100 Lifesaving Prescriptions, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company via PR Newswire, 2022-01-19. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Cost Plus Drugs, Wikipedia. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Biography: Mark Cuban, Shark on ABC's "Shark Tank" (2024-2025), ABC (Disney Entertainment press materials). Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Mark's Bio, Mark Cuban Companies. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Expands Access with Addition of Starjemza, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company via PR Newswire, 2025-11-06. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. Tops Out Its Deep Ellum Facility, Dallas Innovates, 2022-02-02. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
CenterWell Pharmacy and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Teaming up to Develop Disruptive Medication Model, Humana, 2026-04-27. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer to Make Eliquis (apixaban) Available via Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, Bristol Myers Squibb, 2026-04-24. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.

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