2023-05-02 11:37:13 ET
- Biogen has set a price for its recently approved ALS therapy Qalsody (tofersen) at $14,230 per dose.
- Given that 14 doses are required in the first year of treatment, that comes out to just under $200K for the first year alone, Endpoints News reported. Subsequent years require 13 doses, a cost of ~$185K.
- Qalsody's cost is more than that of another recently approved ALS treatment, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' ( AMLX ) Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol), which is priced at $158K annually.
- FDA advisors expressed concern in March that the data provided by Biogen ( NASDAQ: BIIB ) did not demonstrate convincing evidence of tofersen's benefit .
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Biogen prices ALS therapy Qalsody at $14K a dose - report