Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4906
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Publication type: Journal Article
Uncertain miracle: a biotech drug extends a life, but at what price? For Ms. Lees, treatment bill now totals $7 million; her bones keep crumbling; guilt of another $1,400 day.
Wall St J (East Ed) 2005 Nov 16; A1,:
Keywords:
Biotechnology
Cost of Illness
Financing, Personal
Gaucher Disease/drug therapy*
Glucosylceramidase/economics*
Glucosylceramidase/therapeutic use*
Humans
Industry/economics*
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement*
Orphan Drug Production/economics*
Quality of Life
Rare Diseases/drug therapy*
United States
