'Yet another clear and powerful example of unjustified high prices set by drug companies that ultimately exploit patients desperate for new treatments,' said DavidP4AD of P4AD_.
in August suggesting that Relyvrio should be priced somewhere between $9,100 and $30,600 per year assuming the treatment is effective.
"This is not a new drug that required years of expensive, high-risk research in a lab; Relyvrio is a combination of two old drugs," Mitchell noted."It was approved based on a small trial of 137 patients over 24 weeks, not an expensive, large, long study." Amylyx officials said during a conference call with investors last week that they expect insurers to absorb most of the costs of Relyvrio for ALS patients who opt to try the treatment—a claim that experts greeted with skepticism.
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