UK Says Sovaldi Is Worth It. We Should Listen.

UK Says Sovaldi Is Worth It. We Should Listen.

Yevgeniy Feyman

It’s rare that I get to say this – but we can learn something from the United Kingdom. As our “free-market” health care system deliberates whether Gilead is charging a “just” price for its Hepatitis C (HCV) drug, Sovaldi, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) just approved the drug as being cost-effective, and recommended it for subgroups of patients...

The battle over Sovaldi – which costs $84,000 in the U.S. for a full course of treatment – has sparked not only outrage from insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), but also a Senate investigation into pricing of the drug.....

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Reducing the cost of new hepatitis C drugs 
A collection of current articles addressing the high price of Gileads HCV drug Sovaldi.