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Woman tells of 'mind-blowing' cystic fibrosis drug
- h2odragon 4y agoJuly 2020: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53247426 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53247426
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- eurasiantiger 4y agoJudging by the prices of the individual drugs in this combination therapy, it’s likely priced in the affordable ballpark of $400,000 per year. Happy breathing!
- pmyteh 4y agoIf it's to be recommended for NHS use it can't cost anything like that to us; the maximum threshold for NICE is normally something like £20k-£30k per Quality Adjusted Life Year. Interestingly, it looks like it hasn't had a NICE recommendation yet, and is currently proceeding under some kind of interim data-gathering agreement (which looks like a political fudge of the cost effectiveness guideline). The BNF is giving an indicative price of £8346.30 for a month's supply (plus presumably another £7000 for the accompanying ivacaftor alone). Of course, the patient will pay effectively nothing (a prescription prepayment certificate is only £108.10 for 12 months!) [0]: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/medicinal-forms/tezacaftor-with-ivacaftor-and-elexacaftor.html https://bnf.nice.org.uk/medicinal-forms/tezacaftor-with-ivac...
- musicale 4y ago> Quality Adjusted Life Year So is it better to live for a few years as a rock star, or for many years as an office worker?