Drug Pricing

  • Pharma companies are starting to really come into their own with introducing innovative ways of pricing.
  • Alnylam only charges the $575k price for givosiran if the effect seen is on par with clinical trials.
  • Novartis now collects the $2.1m price tag for Zolgensma over 5 years.
  • Sanofi are offering $99/month subscriptions for insulin.
  • Pricing is a big issue for US Pharmaceuticals. There are start-ups looking at this issue as well – Generics 2.0.

Cancer Mortality Rates

  • New stats from the US Cancer Society show that between 1991 and 2017 the mortality rate of cancer has dropped 29%.
  • According to the report, this was due to lower smoking rates, improved early detection methods and advances in treatment.
  • This trend means more than 2.9m lives were saved since 1991.
  • Really amazing.
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