Pharmaceutical companies last year launched new U.S. drugs at prices 35% higher than in 2022, reflecting in part the industry’s embrace of expensive therapies for rare diseases like muscular dystrophy, a Reuters analysis found.
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An influential drug pricing research group said Eisai Co. Ltd. and Biogen Inc.’s new Alzheimer’s disease treatment lecanemab should be priced lower than the drug Aduhelm that was developed by the companies.
The three costliest therapies under Medicare health insurance in the United States saw price hikes in 2020 but there was not enough evidence of new clinical benefits, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) said on Tuesday.
During its third-quarter earnings report, BioMarin Pharmaceutical noted that the FDA plans to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss the company’s gene therapy for hemophilia A.
Amylyx is dipping back into the well to raise funds to launch its recently approved ALS drug Relyvrio. The company plans to offer 6 million shares in a public offering to bring in between $167 to $192.2 million.
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) concluded Tuesday that gene therapies for hemophilia A and B are worth it even at a hefty lifetime cost of $2.5 million.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s experimental drug for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) would be more cost effective than other U.S.-approved treatments if priced around $170,000, an independent U.S. pricing watchdog said on Tuesday.
