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$ 850,000 ... Starting the most expensive drug sales in the United States!


In the United States, sales of the most expensive gene drug worth $ 850,000 were produced by Spark Therapeutics, a gene therapy company.

After the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the production of the drug "Luxturna" last December, the manufacturer launched a medicine box containing only two doses: one for each eye, where injected one time and take only 45 minutes, Vision, that is, the value of one dose 425 thousand dollars. Drug tests have proven effective in restoring sight.

The drug corrects the RPE65 gene, which produces an enzyme necessary for natural vision, responsible for the formation of light receptors in the eye, but if a human gets a distorted version of it, causes macular degeneration, other diseases, poor vision and even blindness.

Although the price of the drug is very high, it is a breakthrough in medicine and gene therapy, and may be useful in the treatment of other genetic diseases.