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Originally Posted by HarryM
Personally, I don't think there is any $ in a cured disease. Treat the symptoms and the $$ keeps rolling in. Show me a major step forward and I'll eat my words but until then, hungry I am.
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I respectfully Disagree. Hepatitis C now has a cure at $1000 per pill.
The drug Sovaldi will cost $1,000 per pill. A typical course of treatment will last 12 weeks and run $84,000, plus the cost of necessary companion drugs. Some patients may need treatment for twice as long.
Hepatitis researchers call the drug a landmark in the treatment of this deadly infection. More than 90 percent of patients who get the new drug can expect to be cured of their hepatitis C infection, with few side effects.
I believe that PD will also be cured sometime in the near future! If the cost was $84,000 and there are 1 million PD patients in the US thats $84 Billion dollars! I would find a way to pay for it for sure!
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...er-drug-prices