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by AKifer 2935 days ago
now comes the time for the pricing
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It's already known what the expected pricing for CAR-T therapy will be, considering the first of these therapies was approved last year for pediatric leukemia (KYMRIAH/tisagenlecleucel). Expect around $475,000.
Considering that surgery can cost close to that and isn't a full cure, CAR-T is not that expensive relatively speaking.
With those in the U.S. subsidizing the rest of the world.
Seeing as more is spent on marketing than on drug development, and pharmaceutical marketing is heavily restricted in many other countries, I suspect the only subsidization which is happening is from US consumers to US marketing companies.
Are you arguing that only Americans would know about the drugs created by American companies..?

I'm sure a European specialist could do a quick Google search to find the latest options in care, including any newly approved drugs globally.

The cost of developing a new drug is insane. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/10/18/dru...

When everyone demands a discount, the guy paying full price ends up picking up the rest of the tab.