Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
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Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
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Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#2Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C are very effective, but they come at a steep cost. Just one Sovaldi pill costs $1,000. A full 12-week course of treatment with this drug costs $84,000.
The price of other hepatitis C drugs is also high:
Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment Mavyret costs $39,600 for a 12-week treatment Zepatier costs $54,600 for a 12-week treatment Technivie costs $76,653 for a 12-week treatment
https://www.healthline.com/health/hepatitis-c/treatment-cost...
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#3Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C are very effective, but they come at a steep cost. Just one Sovaldi pill costs $1,000. A full 12-week course of treatment with this drug costs $84,000. The price of other hepatitis C drugs is also high: Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment Mavyret costs $39,600 for a 12-week treatment Zepatier costs $54,600 for a 12-week treatment Technivie costs $76,653 for a 12-week treatmen…
Jesus how much did these drugs cost to develop? Are these numbers justified?
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#4Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C are very effective, but they come at a steep cost. Just one Sovaldi pill costs $1,000. A full 12-week course of treatment with this drug costs $84,000. The price of other hepatitis C drugs is also high: Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment Mavyret costs $39,600 for a 12-week treatment Zepatier costs $54,600 for a 12-week treatment Technivie costs $76,653 for a 12-week treatmen…
Jesus how much did these drugs cost to develop? Are these numbers justified?
It’s priced based on ability to pay. US it will be 100,000 other countries it will be less.
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#5Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C are very effective, but they come at a steep cost. Just one Sovaldi pill costs $1,000. A full 12-week course of treatment with this drug costs $84,000. The price of other hepatitis C drugs is also high: Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment Mavyret costs $39,600 for a 12-week treatment Zepatier costs $54,600 for a 12-week treatment Technivie costs $76,653 for a 12-week treatmen…
That is so depressing to read.
US pharma companies are completely out of control, there’s absolutely no reason a 12 week treatment should cost around the mean annual US income. Can’t imagine having to decide to risk my entire financial future to deal with Hep C.
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#6Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C are very effective, but they come at a steep cost. Just one Sovaldi pill costs $1,000. A full 12-week course of treatment with this drug costs $84,000. The price of other hepatitis C drugs is also high: Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment Mavyret costs $39,600 for a 12-week treatment Zepatier costs $54,600 for a 12-week treatment Technivie costs $76,653 for a 12-week treatmen…
That is so depressing to read. US pharma companies are completely out of control, there’s absolutely no reason a 12 week treatment should cost around the mean annual US income. Can’t imagine having to decide to risk my entire financial future to deal with Hep C.
I would hope that as more people test and get treated and the drug production gets ramped up, the price should go down significantly. A couple of decades ago only people like Magic Johnson could afford HIV drugs, for example.
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jesus how much did these drugs cost to develop? Are these numbers justified?
It’s priced based on ability to pay. US it will be 100,000 other countries it will be less.
It isn't priced on the customer's ability to pay: it's priced on the companies' ability to gouge.
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#8Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C are very effective, but they come at a steep cost. Just one Sovaldi pill costs $1,000. A full 12-week course of treatment with this drug costs $84,000. The price of other hepatitis C drugs is also high: Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment Mavyret costs $39,600 for a 12-week treatment Zepatier costs $54,600 for a 12-week treatment Technivie costs $76,653 for a 12-week treatmen…
There’s a $300 treatment on the way: https://www.dndi.org/2018/media-centre/press-releases/new-af...
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#9Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C are very effective, but they come at a steep cost. Just one Sovaldi pill costs $1,000. A full 12-week course of treatment with this drug costs $84,000. The price of other hepatitis C drugs is also high: Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment Mavyret costs $39,600 for a 12-week treatment Zepatier costs $54,600 for a 12-week treatment Technivie costs $76,653 for a 12-week treatmen…
Id rather die than give them the satisfaction of successfully charging me that ridiculous amount.
Re: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
#10My dad passed away in August due to Hep C complications. Very true that anyone who has done anything that can put you at risk should be tested. The treatment is criminally expensive but it is curable with it. Sadly my dad, the a-typical medically procrastinating male, didn't start on Sovaldi until it was too late and he died before he could complete treatment.