England Says No to Drugs That Cost More Than Your Car (or Home)
For patients with a very rare, inherited disease that causes excessive bleeding, fragile bones and bloated livers, French drugmaker Sanofi has a pill available in countries from Germany and Greece to the U.S. Not in England. The Gaucher disease drug, which would cost as much as 250,000 pounds ($305,900) a year, is poised for rejection by the state-run health system even after Sanofi offered an undisclosed discount for the lifelong treatment.
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