FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use CRISPR
FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use CRISPR
The groundbreaking approval has been eagerly anticipated by patients and doctors alike. The treatment is priced at $2.2 million per person.
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I wonder why it's so expensive.
Emergent tech always starts out very expensive.
Consider that the phone you probably posted this on is significantly more powerful than the first computers, which were several orders of magnitude larger and more expensive.
Yeah, great points. Economies of scale have not kicked in, and I'm sure there are plenty of inefficiencies with the technologies they're currently using.
It would be neat to know precisely what parts are expensive. Broad generalizations about how prices on goods go up and down aren’t quite as interesting. 😅
CliniMACS plus/prodigy, LOVO, G-Rrex and other expensive instruments.
Grade B suites with grade A BSC's and all the trained personnel to work on it.
Shit costs a lot of money.
Manufacturing costs alone are insane. I work in biopharma, specifically manufacturing.
Most of these drugs you see on headlines are made from the blood of the patient. You can't mass produce that.
You can't mass produce that.
Challenge accepted.