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Re:The Aducanumab Approval by sparsely on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @11:21AM (#27436367)
An absolutely shocking decision, which will have immense negative consequences for healthcare and healthcare costs far into the future. A license to turn false hope into profit margins and commissions for snake oil salesmen.

List price is $56,000 per year if you're curious.

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Re:The Aducanumab Approval by nceqs3 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:45PM (#27440537)
List price doesn't matter in US healthcare FYI.
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Re:The Aducanumab Approval by NoImmatureAdHom on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:57PM (#27442615)
Idk why the downvotes, this person is basically correct. Maybe downvotes because people find it distasteful? Lots of correct things are distasteful.

Here's a discussion of the various ways of thinking about drug pricing in the U.S. (e.g., Average Wholesale Price (AWP). You can search using the acronyms if you're curious: https://www.rjhealth.com/2019/07/31/drug-pricing-101-reimbur...

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Re:The Aducanumab Approval by boreas on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:05PM (#27440774)
The fact that pharma has managed to obfuscate true prices is its own indictment of US healthcare.

(edit) made my comment a bit less confrontational in tone

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Re:The Aducanumab Approval by nceqs3 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @05:01PM (#27453168)
It's really the PBMs who have obfuscated the true prices. Check out the formulary incentive structure.
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