The new Novartis heart failure drug Entresto (the combination of sacubitril and valsartan, formerly known as LCZ696) is cost effective but the CardioMEMS monitoring system (St. Jude Medical) is not, according to draft reports issued last week by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). The same organization released a widely discussed report about the cost…
Report Concludes That PCSK9 Inhibitors Are Effective But Very Expensive
September 8, 2015 by 1 Comment
The new PCSK9 inhibitors– with an annual cost of over $14,000 a year– are far too expensive to be broadly used in eligible populations without restrictions, according to a draft report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). The price of the new drugs would need to fall to nearly $2,000 in order for the drugs to…
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