Drugmakers See a Pricing Blueprint in an $850,000 Gene Therapy

January 15, 2018

(Reuters) – But what is grabbing the attention of other drugmakers is not just what might be called an eye-popping price to treat a condition that Spark estimates affects 1,000 to 2,000 people in the United States, but the ways Spark is looking to help payers ranging from the federal government to private insurers absorb the drug’s high cost, including spreading out payments over several years.