Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Massive cost, meager benefit

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/937785

 

 News Release 13-Dec-2021
Evidence review reveals little, if any, clinical benefit to drug that costs Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars annually
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Oregon Health & Science University
 

 

An extremely expensive drug used for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders provides very little, if any, clinical benefit, according to a new evidence review published today by physicians and researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon State University.

The review, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found the clinical benefit of the drug Acthar (rACTH) is quite low compared to less-expensive alternatives.

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