Thursday, August 31, 2017

FORTUNE: Is $475,000 Too High a Price for Novartis's 'Historic' Cancer Gene Therapy?


Is $475,000 Too High a Price for Novartis's 'Historic' Cancer Gene Therapy?
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A high price for a groundbreaking treatment. On Wednesday, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis made history as the first company to win Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a groundbreaking new type of cancer treatment known as CAR-T. This technology harnesses the power of patients' very immune cells—which are extracted from them, reengineered in a lab, and then pumped back into the body—to kill aggressive blood cancers. The treatment, named Kymriah, was hailed by doctors and the life Read the full story


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