Jul. 16 at 4:18 PM
$BCLI
Assuming half of 32,000 pALS in US receive NurOwn at the recommended dosage of 6 times per year, at a cost of
$150,000/dose: 16,000 * 6 *
$150,000 =
$14.4B/year,
more as pALS live longer. And, yes, there will be economies of scale that would bring the cost down but I've seen estimates of
$200K-
$250K per dose in the beginning.
It seems that there may be a lot of vested interests against NurOwn, namely, insurance companies, states' Medicaid and even within the federal government. This is sad.
BCLI needs to address cost and their plan for bringing it down.
