A gene therapy for hemophilia that costs $3.5 million gets FDA approval
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
People with one form of the genetic blood disorder hemophilia now have a one-time treatment with a $3.5 million price tag.
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
People with one form of the genetic blood disorder hemophilia now have a one-time treatment with a $3.5 million price tag.
XTalks
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that affect approximately 100,000 people in the US, most of whom are Black. The disease occurs due to a point mutation in the hemoglobin beta globin ( HBB ) gene that codes for one of the proteins that make up hemoglobin, the oxygen carrier in red blood cells.
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STAT News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
million tag as cost effective for a Bluebird Bio drug called Zynteglo for the blood disorder beta thalassemia, Arbuckle said in an interview. Even a drug-price watchdog, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, deemed the $2.8
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 13, 2023
Although the findings in the report are only preliminary, they shed light at the considerations behind the high price tags of gene therapies. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that is caused by mutations in the HBB gene, which codes for the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin in red blood cells.
XTalks
AUGUST 31, 2022
In this episode, Ayesha discussed the FDA approval of Axsome Therapeutics’ rapid-acting oral treatment Auvelity for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). Bluebird bio was awarded the approval for its gene therapy Zynteglo (beti-cel), which is a one-time treatment for the rare blood disorder.
pharmaphorum
APRIL 14, 2022
US cost-effectiveness watchdog ICER has handed bluebird bio some good news ahead of its FDA advisory committee meeting for rare blood disorder gene therapy beti-cel in June, by endorsing its proposed $2.1 million price tag.
pharmaphorum
JUNE 12, 2022
The panel voted 13 to 0 on the question of whether beti-cel’s benefits outweighed the risks of the gene therapy in patients with beta thalassaemia who are dependent on blood transfusions, in a dream result for the biotech which just a few weeks ago was expressing doubts about its ability to continue as an operating concern.
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