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Risk-sharing agreements are growing at a rate of 24%

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On November 22, 2022, the FDA approved CSL Behring’s Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), the first gene therapy treatment for hemophilia B, with a staggering manufacturer price of $3.5 This is not the first treatment to come with a high price tag.

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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

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Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. Since 2020, the global SMA treatment landscape has progressed, with three treatments now approved, according to Novartis. Pause in UK access.

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Grand Rounds October 20, 2023: A National Initiative to Eliminate Hepatitis C in the United States – Why This Matters to Clinical Trialists (Rachael L. Fleurence, PhD, MSc; Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

There is now a cure for Hepatitis C, but many people are not able to access it. There is a lack of point-of-care diagnostics; it can take up to 3 steps to treatment initiation. There is high cost of treatment and insurance prior-authorization requirements. Many people do not know they have Hepatitis C (about 40% of patients).

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Grand Rounds January 12, 2024: Design and Implementation of a Weighted Lottery to Equitably Allocate Scarce Covid-19 Resources (Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, BCIDP)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The first monoclonal antibody (mABs) treatment for treatment of COVID-19 was approved in November 2020. Patients from disadvantaged communities had increased odds of receiving treatment. UPMC built upon the success of the Remdesivir lottery and in December 2020, UPMC began infusing monoclonal antibodies across 45 UPMC locations.

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

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But access to these treatments continues to remain limited due to high price tags and variable availability across regions. This approach remains logistically complex, which builds the desire for allogeneic treatments that can be manufactured from unrelated donors on a larger scale. At the end of last year, we had 2,800.

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NICE reaches a deal with Roche on access to oral SMA drug Evrysdi

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Roche’s oral treatment Evrysdi for the rare genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) will be made available on the NHS in England, after NICE reached a three-year access agreement with the company. million price tag make it is the most expensive treatment ever approved for NHS funding.

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Cannabinoids receptors: popular preclinical target but banned in 137 countries

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Cannabinoid receptors are a popular therapeutic target for cannabinoid-based drugs in the treatment of pain, neurological disorders and inflammation, according to GlobalData’s Pharma Intelligence Centre Drugs database. However, access is restricted, requiring a special permit given under exceptional circumstances.