Investment Commentary
Gilead gets its go-ahead for blockbuster hopeful Vosevi, but will 12-week dosing give it trouble?
by Carly Helfand |
Jul 19, 2017 11:15am
Gilead gets its go-ahead for blockbuster hopeful Vosevi, but will 12-week dosing give it trouble?
by Carly Helfand |
Jul 19, 2017 11:15am
Gilead has set Vosevi’s price at $24,920 per bottle, putting it “at parity” with Epclusa at $74,760 for the 12-week course, Porges wrote in a note to clients. “Effectively Gilead is giving the third component of Vosevi free of charge to maintain the price point of their 12-week treatment course,” he said, noting that “ given this label and position in the treatment hierarchy, Gilead could have priced Vosevi higher and probably not lost significant share.”Continue reading .. http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/gilead-wins-blockbuster-approval-for-hep-c-trio-vosevi-but-will-12-week-dosing-give-it
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