$84,000 cure for hepatitis C

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Интересная заметка о том, какую ракцию отторжения вызывает у определенной (понятно какой) части общества тот факт, что кто-то может брать по $1,000 за таблетку. (Заодно становится понятно почему так выросли цены на биотехнические акции.)

By any objective metric, Sovaldi is a good value. The drug costs less on an absolute basis than (предыдущее стандартное лекарство) Incivek (~$100,000 per year), which is reimbursed without question, and is an even better deal if one applies a “cost per cure” methodology (A recent Mt. Sinai study shows a $189,000 cost per cure for Incivek-containing regimens.) Moreover, remember that the government pays nowhere near list price; Medicaid receives a mandatory 23.1% discount on branded drug prices (Sovaldi is covered by privately-administered Medicare Part D plans for patients over 65 years old).

So why all the fuss?...

It doesn't help that Gilead is offering Sovaldi in Egypt at a 99 percent discount to U.S. prices, or about $900 for a full course of treatment.

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ну будут ездить в египет лечится - делов то