1. Someone punched meâ¦ in the neck. Iâm in a very specific type of Fight Club. The first rule is âwe punch people in the neck.â The second rule is âwe canât talk about it.â Shit, we should really switch those rules around.
Otezla is available in the U.S., but is dispensed only through a network of specialty pharmacies. The estimated wholesale price is $22,500 for a year of treatment. In Austria, the drug is available in all pharmacies, and a year of treatment costs health insurances about â¬11,000.
How much is such a treatment worth? For Emily Whiteheadâs parents, Kymriahâs value is priceless. It saved their daughter. But not all share that view. As Kymriah neared FDA approval, many analysts speculated that Novartis would charge anywhere between $600,000 â $750,000. Instead, Novartis set the price at $475,000. Furthermore, Novartis took the stance that payment wouldnât be made unless the patients had responded to Kymriah at the end of the first month after treatment. Nevertheless, critics assailed Novartis for this price.