Gene Therapy Pricing To Come Under Microscope In Germany
Executive Summary
The G-BA, the body in charge of Germany’s pricing and reimbursement process, has confirmed that Novartis’s gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) offers no additional benefit over Biogen’s Spinraza (nusinersen) for treating spinal muscular atrophy.
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