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ICER updates cost-effectiveness threshold for bluebird, Vertex and CRISPR's dueling sickle cell gene therapies

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The potentially curative promise of gene therapies often carries a steep price tag. | The potentially curative promise of gene therapies often carries a steep price tag. But for a pair of personalized medicine prospects in sickle cell disease (SCD), the cost could be worth it, at least as far as ICER is concerned.

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Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug: What’s the price tag on hope?

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Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School via the Washington Post , says “the worst thing for people with Alzheimer’s would be to put out a product that doesn’t work.” If the drug is approved you can bet that it’s going to carry a huge price tag. Biogen needs a new drug revenue badly.

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What is Biogen and can they repair their reputation?

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This drug was never about patients; it was about a company whose ego got too big and needed a savior in the form of a medicine that could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars. Physicians and insurers are rejecting Aduhelm because it should never have been approved in the first place.

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BD partners with Biocorp on connected self-injection devices

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Medtech giant Beckton Dickinson (BD) has signed a deal with France’s Biocorp to use the latter’s near-field communication (NFC) tags in injectable devices. The Injay tag can confirm a complete injection and transfer that information via an NFC reader to a smartphone or tablet for review by a healthcare professional.

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WHY PM MODI ADDRESSED, INDIA AS THE PHARMACY OF THE WORLD

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We have exported life-saving medicines and medical equipment to over 150 countries during the initial phase of the pandemic. He said that our definition of wellness is not limited by physical boundaries. We have also exported more than 65 million doses of COVID vaccines to nearly 100 countries this year. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 16:19. Pharmapedia.

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Orphan drugs and where to launch them: The keys to Europe’s forgotten territories

Pharmaceutical Technology

Due to the high price tags associated with these speciality medicines, innovators have naturally favoured big markets with high GDP such as the US and EU-5 (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK). Go-to-market strategies. The choice of where to launch an orphan drug is an important and difficult decision.

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Can gene therapies for haemophilia defend their high price tags?

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million price tag. But the justification for Roctavian’s cost will depend on positive responses to the treatment, says Dr. Guy Young, professor of pediatrics at University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. The post Can gene therapies for haemophilia defend their high price tags? million ($1.8

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