Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Most
expensive medicine - world record set by Soliris
CHESTIRE, CT, USA -- Soliris
,
a drug made by Alexion
Pharmaceuticals
, which is given intravenously to treat
a rare disorder in which the immune system destroys red blood
cells at night, costs $409,500 a year -setting the world record
for the Most
expensive medicine
. 
The disorder, paroxysymal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
(PNH), hits 8,000 Americans. Patients do not have to dig that
deep to pay for the drugs. Insurance covers
most of the costs - and there is help with high co-payments
or for those with no insurance.
Alexion
spokesman Irving Adler
said the high price of Soliris
reflects several factors, "including an $800 million investment
to develop the drug," as well as a 15-year investment of time.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
