60 Minutes story on the high price of cancer drugs.

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Goldie1
Goldie1 Member Posts: 264 Member
edited October 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-cost-of-cancer-drugs/

 

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  • Helen321
    Helen321 Member Posts: 1,459 Member
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    I have to watch it at home

    I have to watch it at home but I sure hope it says the cost is outrageous because the cost is outrageous!

  • Goldie1
    Goldie1 Member Posts: 264 Member
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    Helen321 said:

    I have to watch it at home

    I have to watch it at home but I sure hope it says the cost is outrageous because the cost is outrageous!

    Yes! Outrageous!

    Regarding the drug (Zaltrap) it was twice as expensive as the similar drug (Avastin) and both drugs improved median survival by 1.4 months. When cancer center Sloan-Kettering decided not to use Zaltrap because of the expense and published their decision in the NY Times, the drug company said that it would cut in half the price of a new cancer drug. Why not just do that in the first place?  

  • DD3
    DD3 Member Posts: 136 Member
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    Goldie1 said:

    Yes! Outrageous!

    Regarding the drug (Zaltrap) it was twice as expensive as the similar drug (Avastin) and both drugs improved median survival by 1.4 months. When cancer center Sloan-Kettering decided not to use Zaltrap because of the expense and published their decision in the NY Times, the drug company said that it would cut in half the price of a new cancer drug. Why not just do that in the first place?  

    I saw

    this on 60 minutes.  Ugh.  It's bad enough folks have to battle this stupid disease.  Worse that there our drug companies "taking advantage" of the situation, from what appears to be for no reason. 

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
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    DD3 said:

    I saw

    this on 60 minutes.  Ugh.  It's bad enough folks have to battle this stupid disease.  Worse that there our drug companies "taking advantage" of the situation, from what appears to be for no reason. 

    The drug companies know we

    The drug companies know we are desperate and will do pay anything for some hope/more time. I know I was really excited a couple of years ago at the news of Zaltrap and Stivarga getting fast track approval from the FDA. It turns out that both drugs again are pretty diapointing.

    When I was at MD Anderson one of the trials they were considering for me was Stivarga and Erbitux combined since Stirvarg doesn't seem to work by itself for the majority of people. It seems that many of the cancer drugs work much better in combinations then alone. It sounds brutal though combining all of the skin issues from Erbitux with HFS from Stivarga.

  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
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    janderson1964 said:

    The drug companies know we

    The drug companies know we are desperate and will do pay anything for some hope/more time. I know I was really excited a couple of years ago at the news of Zaltrap and Stivarga getting fast track approval from the FDA. It turns out that both drugs again are pretty diapointing.

    When I was at MD Anderson one of the trials they were considering for me was Stivarga and Erbitux combined since Stirvarg doesn't seem to work by itself for the majority of people. It seems that many of the cancer drugs work much better in combinations then alone. It sounds brutal though combining all of the skin issues from Erbitux with HFS from Stivarga.

    check this brief item

    www.fiercepharma.com/special-reports/top-10-most-expensive-drugs-2013

    (how many millions go just for salaries,etc of CEO and others?)

     

     

     

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