An $850000 Price Tag on Gene Therapy Shouldn’t Freak You Out—Yet – MIT Technology Review
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An $850000 Price Tag on Gene Therapy Shouldn't Freak You Out—Yet
MIT Technology Review Mark Trusheim, who directs MIT's New Drug Development Paradigms program, says gene therapies are moving medicine from a model of “renting” treatments to one of “buying” long-term health improvements. “The challenge is like going from being an apartment … Gene Therapy for Rare Form of Blindness Comes With Nearly $1 Million Price Tag Gene therapy for inherited blindness sets precedent: $850000 price tag Spark Therapeutics Sets Price Of Blindness-Treating Gene Therapy At $850000 |
