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Price ‘Anchoring’? Zolgensma And The Art Of Managing Gene Therapy Sticker Shock

 
• By Cathy Kelly

Public statements by Novartis and Avexis suggest Zolgensma could be cost effective at a price up to $5m. Analysts expect $2m. The lower estimate is still stunning, but could it be considered reasonable by comparison?

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Novartis AG and AveXis Inc. may be following a well-known approach to shaping the public’s reception of the price of their upcoming one-time gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec).

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