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Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug: What’s the price tag on hope?

World of DTC Marketing

” For Biogen, the stakes are high as approval is likely to earn tens of millions, of to billions, in profits but is hope a reason to approve a drug over science? If the drug is approved you can bet that it’s going to carry a huge price tag. Will they follow the science or will they put a price tag on hope?

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Healthcare doesn’t give a damn about patients

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Pfizer, for instance, hiked the cost of its leukemia medication Besponsa again this month, bringing its per-vial price tag to $21,056. “This is PPfizer’sfourth hike on the cancer drug during the Covid-19 pandemic—even as the company enjoys record-shattering profits from its vaccine,” “the analysis notes.

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Medicare savings won’t make a dent in healthcare costs

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However, experiences among individual hospitals vary, and about one-quarter of both for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals lost money in 2016. Across America’s acute care hospitals, total revenues exceeded expenses by more than $64 billion in 2016, according to a Center for American Progress analysis.

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Orphan drugs and where to launch them: The keys to Europe’s forgotten territories

Pharmaceutical Technology

Without a guaranteed return on investment (ROI), it is understandable why any for-profit company would show reluctance. Due to the high price tags associated with these speciality medicines, innovators have naturally favoured big markets with high GDP such as the US and EU-5 (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK). “The

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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

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In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. The simple explanation is “profits.” Wall Street wants growth, as do investors, but that may be impossible for pharmaceutical companies. ” Why are the costs so high?

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Will Plant-Based Meat Prices Ever Be Lower Than Real Meat?

XTalks

Perhaps the profit margins? But yet, the price tag is still higher than real meat. Turning a Profit. Well, much like any company operating in the free market, plant-based meat producers like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods want to turn a profit and that might involve charging consumers as much as they are willing to pay.

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Grand Rounds May 5, 2023: All of Us Research Program: Improving Health Through Diverse Technology, Huge Cohorts, and Precision Medicine (Joshua C. Denny, MD, MS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

nonprofits and nonprofit/for-profit academic and healthcare organizations. Tags #pctGR, @Collaboratory1 The post Grand Rounds May 5, 2023: All of Us Research Program: Improving Health Through Diverse Technology, Huge Cohorts, and Precision Medicine (Joshua C. It is currently open to U.S. We are looking forward to supporting more.

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