Acupressure and gentle massage can be used to treat a pinched nerve. Acupuncture may treat a pinched nerve. The main treatment for a pinched nerve is rest. A woman with neck pain from a pinched nerve.
Yervoy is the first drug approved for treating this indication. The FDA has not approved any new first-line medicines in over ten years. A dosage of Yervoy is expected to cost about $30,000; therapy of four infusions over three months will cost around $120,000. The drug is estimated to have a market of more than $400m in 2011.
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.