MS Drug Prices Far Exceed Value Thresholds, Even At Current Discounts – ICER Report
Executive Summary
List pricing for Biogen’s Tecfidera and Novartis’ Gilenya would need to be discounted 47% and 50%, respectively, for them to be considered good values, ICER concludes in a new report. But three products come in under ICER's thresholds.
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