Say it Ain’t So…New Hep C Drug to Surpass $84,000
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The Editors at Hepatitis Central
September 15, 2014
The new drug from Gilead could reach upwards of $95,000 – $100,000; but learn why Gilead expects savings for some patients in its pricing scheme.
Gilead to raise price for new hepatitis C drug above $84,000
By Deena Beasley
September 12, 2014
(Reuters) – The next generation version of Gilead Sciences Inc’s $84,000 hepatitis C drug, already under fire for its record-breaking costs, is going to be even more expensive.
Gregg Alton, Gilead’s executive vice president of corporate and medical affairs, declined to give an exact price for the new medicine, the first all-oral treatment for the virus which is expected to launch next month.
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6 Comments
So obviously a cure for most people is out of reach? Go figure
I wonder why they dont want people with hepatitis C to be cured. How2 evil can you get?
I struggled with this issue a while back after receiving treatment. Not so much the issue of them wanting to heal affected individuals but the reason why they don’t like the people who contract the disease.After the cinder block bedside manner with which was being treated to while going thru treatment, I over heard a conversation stating that people who got the disease deserved what they got for medicating themselves. This from the professionals that were treating me. I hoped that with time(10yrs) maybe these attitudes would come to pass.and it has not. A friend went in recently for treatment and told me she received that same coldness. This seems to be the general attitudes toward this virus in the medical community. As evil as they want to be.
Money
I went through 12 weeks March-May on Ribavirin and Solvaldi which
cost me about $600. The blood tests, various tests doctors visits, etc probably $2000-2400
so far. My blood tests were going fine with no trace after 4 weeks and it
stayed that way until my 6 month test this month when the marker count went back up
to what I started with before treatment. Next step is to retake the
same dosage for 12 weeks but also add Interferon once a week, plus
consider transplant if something goes array… Not looking forward to another round of payments this year (but have no choice)… especially if they are going up 🙁
Harvoni has just been approved by the FDA 9/10/14, mfg. by Gilead, a combo of Sovaldi/Ledipasvir, 1 pill a day for 8-12 weeks, NO Interferon or Ribavirin. 94-99% cure rate. My paperwork in in for approval by Blue Shield Ins. this is the Good-Send I’ve been waiting for. Interferon, Ribo, Victrellis failed twice. They told me to go home an wait for a miracle 2 1/2 yrs. ago. At 65 it just rolled in.