At a planned annual wholesale cost of more than $35,000, the novel therapy may be out of financial reach for many patients, analysts caution.
) recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, has been shown to reduce COPD exacerbations and may improve the quality of life for patients, but these potential benefits come at an unreasonably high annual cost, authors of a
"Current evidence shows that ensifentrine decreases COPD exacerbations when used in combination with some current inhaled therapies, but there are uncertainties about how much benefit it may add to unstudied combinations of inhaled treatments," said David Rind, MD, chief medical officer of ICER in a statement.
But ICER also issued an access and affordability alert"to signal to stakeholders and policymakers that the amount of added health care costs associated with a new service may be difficult for the health system to absorb over the short term without displacing other needed services.
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