Re:Humira’s Drug Formula: Start at a High Price, Go Higher
by notlob on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:11PM
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I don’t have specific knowledge on Humira or its biosimilars, but $40 is more reasonable.
To be specific, Humira was developed from research by BASF Bioresearch (bought by Abbott) and a research consortium in the UK, so credit to the UK taxpayers is warranted; I’m not sure about the US side.
Nevertheless, government sponsored research largely does not cover the development of the drug, and those costs are somewhere in the hundreds of millions USD range on up.
To be specific, Humira was developed from research by BASF Bioresearch (bought by Abbott) and a research consortium in the UK, so credit to the UK taxpayers is warranted; I’m not sure about the US side.
Nevertheless, government sponsored research largely does not cover the development of the drug, and those costs are somewhere in the hundreds of millions USD range on up.