Spark Therapeutics: Calculating The Price Of A Cure
• By William Looney
John Furey, chief operating officer of Spark Therapeutics, discusses how the company has created a value framework for the first US-approved gene therapy to treat an incurable, inherited genetic condition: Luxturna (voretegene neparvovec-ryzl). He also highlights the remaining access and reimbursement challenges for this novel gene therapy, which is approved specifically for treatment of inherited retinal blindness from a rare RPE65 gene mutation.
John Furey, COO, Spark Therapeutics
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