Ahead of expected approval,

Patient Group Seeks 'Fair' Price For First-Of-Its-Kind Cancer Therapy

By John Wilkerson / August 17, 2017 at 8:24 PM
In anticipation of what could be the most expensive cancer drug to date, the Patients for Affordable Drugs launched Thursday (Aug. 17) a national campaign demanding that Novartis factor in the considerable taxpayer investment in early research of the company's CAR-T cell therapy, which is at the forefront of individually tailored medicines that could cure certain cancers. The patient advocate group suggests the company limit the price in the United States to a level similar to prices in other wealthy...


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