Poul Birch Eriksen πŸŽ™οΈπŸ–‹οΈNov 28, 2022
A tip for the inquisitive journalist
The take away from #FDA's approval of #Hemgenix - a #genetherapy for #hæmophiliaB - has been that Hemgenix is now the most expensive drug in the world, because manufacturer #CSLBehring priced the treatment at 3.5 million $ after it was approved
via #theguardian
https://bit.ly/3tVt0NJ
But what about focusing on how that price tag was calculated?
Andf if #CSLBehring are following a trend seen with other new drugs for chronic conditions 1/
Gene therapy at $3.5m a dose approved for US adults with hemophilia B

Hemgenix frees patients from repeated treatments but initial cost makes it most expensive medicine in the world

The Guardian
Paul Chambers🚧Nov 24, 2022

#FDA Approves Most Expensive #Drug Ever, a $3.5 Million-per-Dose Gene Therapy For blood-clotting disorder Hemophilia B

#Hemgenix is an IV treatment for adults with #hemophiliaB, which primarily affects men.

#Drugmaker CSL Behring announced the price saying its drug would ultimately reduce health care costs because #patients would have fewer bleeding incidents and need fewer clotting #treatments.

#illness #HealthCare #Healh #Pharma #CorporateHealthCare
https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/2126237/fda-approves-most-expensive-drug-ever-a-35-million-per-dose-gene-therapy-for-hemophilia-b

FDA Approves Most Expensive Drug Ever, a $3.5 Million-per-Dose Gene Therapy For Hemophilia B - Slashdot

U.S. health regulators this week approved the first gene therapy for hemophilia, a $3.5 million one-time treatment for the blood-clotting disorder. From a report: The Food and Drug Administration cleared Hemgenix, an IV treatment for adults with hemophilia B, the less common form of the genetic diso...

Poul Birch EriksenNov 24, 2022
The good news is, the FDA has approved #Hemgenix, an apparently effective treatment for #hemophiliaB - which is characterized by a lack of the clotting factor IX
The not-so-good news is that manufacturer #CSLBehring, after approval, has priced the treatment - a #genetherapy - at $3.5 million a dose, making it the most expensive drug in the world
via #theguardian
https://bit.ly/3tVt0NJ
Gene therapy at $3.5m a dose approved for US adults with hemophilia B

Hemgenix frees patients from repeated treatments but initial cost makes it most expensive medicine in the world

The Guardian