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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
ProPublica • 11 Feb 2025 • ~5850 words
Robin Fields reports on Zolgensma, a groundbreaking gene therapy priced at over $2 million per dose. The drug’s early development was funded by taxpayers and small charities, but in the end, executives, VCs, and Novartis reaped the profits.