Doctors tried to lower $148K cancer drug cost; makers triple price of pill

Doctors tried to lower $148K cancer drug cost; makers triple price of pill

  • April 21, 2018
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Doctors tried to lower $148K cancer drug cost; makers triple price of pill

Imbruvica’s makers, Janssen and Pharmacyclics, have now gotten approval to sell four different tablets of varying strengths: 140mg, 280mg, 420mg, and 560mg. But the new pills will all be the same price—around $400 each—even the 140mg dose pill. The makers willstop selling the old, cheaper 140mg pill within three months, according to a report by the Washington Post.

Source: arstechnica.com

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