‘Sham’ or public interest? ICER suggests 70%-plus discounts on Vertex’s cystic fibrosis drugs

4th May 2018 Uncategorised 0

Vertex has often talked about its admiration of Gilead, setting the big biotech’s ability to roll out multiple antivirals as a model for its cystic fibrosis endeavor. Now, though, it faces the same pricing issue the cost-effectiveness watchdog ICER once pinned on Gilead’s hepatitis C franchise. But the company refuses to play sitting duck.

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