Cost of Cancer Drugs discussed

[Catherine Poole]

Someone was discussing this here and thought I would throw in the actual site: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-cost-of-cancer-drugs/

although many of you have insurance that covers this, a lot of you don’t, and in the global picture is far worst!

[MasterB]

This is a big big problem in the rest of the world except few big countries, it’s simple as that: if you don’t have money – you die, even if you can gather quait big amount of money, for example 50 000-80 000 dollars it is still like a drop of water in the sea

[JBunyan]

This website is worth a read to compare health costs in USA vs other developed countries. It does not give the local costs of drugs such as Ipi , but it is well worth a read.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries/url]” class=”bbcode_url”>[/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries/url]

[JBunyan]

Here is a further link that tries to clarify the UK drug authority’s (NICE) “cost effectiveness” of new drugs; They try to define ” Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY), and put a limit of £30,000 p.a.on it. I suspect there is flexibility as my Ipi cost £80,000 but although, so far, successful, I am not sure if top consultants stick to the guidelines.

http://www.clinuvel.com/en/blog/pharmadev/inside-clinuvel-nice-qalys-and-the-uks-reimbursement-landscape/

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