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I guarantee you can’t get any of these drugs payed for by the government in countries with government-run healthcare.
by wyager 5y ago
I guarantee you can’t get any of these drugs payed for by the government in countries with government-run healthcare.
- gambiting 5y agoReally? How certain of it are you? What's your source? Very recently UK government has struck a deal with Novartis to provide "the world's most expensive drug" to children with spinal muscular atrophy - at £1.8M a dose(the amount NHS agreed to pay Novartis is confidential). https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/08/nhs-use-worlds-most-expensive-drug-treat-spinal-muscular-atrophy-zolgensma https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/08/nhs-use-worl... My own father has been treated with Glivec for over 8 years, all on the national health service - treatment which in the US costs about $100k/year. Like, I'm genuienly curious if you have a source, or is this just a flex of some kind?