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Cost of disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis continues to rise in US

Pharmaceutical Technology

While MS is not a terminal diagnosis, the effect of the disease on the CNS can significantly impact patients’ independence and disturb their daily lives. However, they cannot provide a cure and have a very limited impact on halting disease progression. DMTs for MS have a high price tag, particularly in the US.

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Upcoming sickle cell gene therapies cost effective at $2 million, says ICER

Pharmaceutical Technology

Two gene therapies up for approval this year for sickle cell disease could be cost effective in some cases at a $2 million price point, based on a draft evidence report published by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER).

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How automation can help to address supply chain challenges in pharma

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Supply chain issues have been rife in pharmaceuticals for a while, but current socio-economic challenges such as the conflict in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic have led to extended wait times and higher prices for thousands of products.

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

Pharmaceutical Technology

But access to these treatments continues to remain limited due to high price tags and variable availability across regions. There are issues of geography, but also issues of economics. Currently, all approved CAR-T therapies are autologous, where T cells taken from patients are modified and then re-infused.

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CSL doses first patient with haemophilia B gene therapy Hemgenix

Pharmaceutical Technology

The high price tag may be hard to defend , but with lifetime treatment costs for haemophilia B reaching as high as $23m for some, the single-dose treatment could prove far more cost-effective. Despite this, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) claimed that a fairer price would be in the region of $2.9m.

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Ep. 005 – Dave Chase Podcast Transcript

Pharma Marketing Network

Unfortunately, having had ten friends my age or younger die by the time I was 40 gave me a very unique look into health care and some of the devastating impacts of it. We are now in a 20-yearlong economic depression for the working and middle class as a result of health care prices inflating, prices not cost.