$84,000 cure for hepatitis C
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ny_quantИнтересная 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.
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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Date: 2014-04-07 03:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-07 05:03 am (UTC)самая что ни на есть соц.система, " от каждого по способности",
"Gilead wants to tier its pricing based on a country's per-capita income"