Here is the information on the wonder drug LUXTURNA

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Oct 9, 2019
11:49:35am

TN_Coug meh

A Bargain at $850,000? Luxturna Costs Less Than Predicted

The industry expected the gene therapy for a rare form of blindness to cost $1 million

https://www.managedcaremag.com/news/20180104/bargain-850000-luxturna-costs-less-predicted

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Here is the information on the wonder drug LUXTURNA

TN_Coug meh

10/9/19 11:49am

Numbers vary, but it costs somewhere between $500M and $2Billion to develop

Thrill

10/9/19 11:53am

I’ll bet I could spend $100M and develop a new drug.

pink22

10/9/19 11:54am

You should sell your secret process to all the major drug manufacturers.

Thrill

10/9/19 12:02pm

They wouldn’t like it. Big pay cuts and less perks.

pink22

10/9/19 12:05pm

A primary driver for how bloated big pharma has become is how bloated government is.

cheezedawg

10/9/19 12:16pm

It is, because it is pretty much impossible to be small pharma.

Thrill

10/9/19 12:16pm

See:

cheezedawg

10/9/19 12:17pm

I expect to hear about your nobel prize within the year

Resurgens

10/9/19 12:06pm

Nah. I’d rather win an Oscar or The Masters or something more fun.

pink22

10/9/19 12:20pm

Not gonna win the Masters by fixing pharma! haha

Resurgens

10/9/19 12:27pm

Wow that is for a single dose (eye injection). Apparently it was 93 percent effective. Man I used to think hepatitis

Slim

10/9/19 11:56am

The idea is treating it in kids saves their vision

TN_Coug

10/9/19 12:23pm

I'd probably do it for my kid. Take out a medicine mortgage, that is

Slim

10/9/19 12:36pm

my guess is that if your doctor talked with a rep they would have a way to lower out of pocket costs to the patient.

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